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Table 3 Effect of different sources of Ω-3 fatty acids on weekly blood glucose (mg/dL) in PCOS induced rats

From: Impact of different omega-3 fatty acid sources on lipid, hormonal, blood glucose, weight gain and histopathological damages profile in PCOS rat model

Weeks

Treatments

NC

PC

SO

FO

F

 

1st

97.03 ± 0.73a

164.27 ± 0.64b

162.70 ± 0.90b

163.10 ± 0.81b

162.27 ± 0.92b

2nd

99.17 ± 0.60a

163.94 ± 0.91b

162.50 ± 0.98b

162.82 ± 0.98b

162.36 ± 0.95b

3rd

95.03 ± 0.88a

157.00 ± 0.57b

155.80 ± 0.64b

156.00 ± 0.66b

155.13 ± 0.62b

4th

91.82 ± 0.99a

160.73 ± 0.94b

158.23 ± 0.95b

158.70 ± 0.96b

157.73 ± 0.84b

5th

93.88 ± 0.92a

157.85 ± 0.64c

150.36 ± 0.73b

150.63 ± 0.79b

149.40 ± 0.97b

6th

85.06 ± 1.05a

159.32 ± 1.27c

145.46 ± 0.78b

146.00 ± 0.58b

145.77 ± 0.98b

7th

96.79 ± 0.67a

162.39 ± 0.39c

149.10 ± 0.81b

149.77 ± 0.27b

148.80 ± 1.11b

8th

92.83 ± 0.85a

163.47 ± 0.48c

140.87 ± 0.61b

141.10 ± 1.07b

140.47 ± 0.79b

9th

98.53 ± 0.74a

167.03 ± 0.73c

136.80 ± 0.36b

137.20 ± 0.89b

136.63 ± 1.22b

10th

99.26 ± 0.77a

165.84 ± 0.74c

137.50 ± 0.78b

139.77 ± 0.12b

137.60 ± 0.30b

  1. PCOS, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
  2. Negative control (NC); Positive control (PC); Synthetic Ω-3 (SO 300 mg/kg); Flaxseed oil (FO
  3. 300 mg/kg); Fish oil (F 300 mg/kg)
  4. Within a row means denoted by a different letter are statistically significant (p < 0.05)