Phenolics from Garcinia mangostana alleviate exaggerated vasoconstriction in metabolic syndrome through direct vasodilatation and nitric oxide generation

Table 1 Effect of adding fructose (10 %) to every day drinking water and salt (3 %) to the diet for 12 weeks on the increase in body weight, blood glucose, serum insulin and mean arterial blood pressure (Mean BP) in rats

Treatment	Body weight increase (%)	blood glucose (mg/dl)	Serum insulin (ng/dl)	Mean BP (mmHg)
Control	32.46 ± 5.5	74.4 ± 3.1	0.72 ± 0.08	120.8 ± 1.7
MetS	128.6 ± 33.7^*	112.8 ± 5.3^*	2.79 ± 0.41^*	145.0 ± 2.2^*

Values are expressed as the mean ± SEM; N = 8 animals; ^*P < 0.05, compared with the corresponding control group values using Unpaired t test

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