Table 1 Body weight, water intake and food consumption of control and diabetic rats treated or not with Hancornia speciosa aqueous extract (400 mg/kg) during 21 days

218.2 ± 30.3

210.6 ± 24.7

222.6 ± 37.3

211.1 ± 16.8

226.4 ± 30.0

198.8 ± 20.9

217.6 ± 30.3

214.2 ± 23.1

229.0 ± 28.8

211.4 ± 23.4

217.0 ± 29.0

204.1 ± 32.4

230.8 ± 28.3

214.2 ± 23.4

219.8 ± 30.6

211.1 ± 31.3

35.7 ± 8.0

24.8 ± 2.9

87.1 ± 28.0 ^a

79.4 ± 13.8 ^a

33.7 ± 5.4

29.6 ± 6.1

90.9 ± 29.0 ^a

81.2 ± 17.7 ^a

36.2 ± 5.1

36.7 ± 4.4

106.0 ± 33.4 ^a

90.6 ± 25.8 ^a

33.9 ± 4.5

33.2 ± 5.7

112.4 ± 34.6 ^a

102.9 ± 20.0 ^a

16.5 ± 3.1

13.3 ± 3.6

22.3 ± 7.1 ^a

22.3 ± 5.4 ^a

16.2 ± 2.5

13.6 ± 3.4

26.3 ± 7.9 ^a

23.1 ± 4.9 ^a

16.3 ± 2.2

17.5 ± 3.6

31.1 ± 7.5 ^a

25.0 ± 4.8 ^{a b}

16.4 ± 2.0

15.5 ± 1.8

33.6 ± 9.3 ^a

23.8 ± 7.4 ^{a b}