Fig. 1

Effect of SalA on insulin resistance in ZDF rats. A Changes in food intake of rats in each group; B BW changes of rats in each group; C blood glucose levels during OGTT; D AUC of OGTT; E blood glucose levels during ITT; F AUC of ITT; G fasting serum insulin level; H HOMA-IR index. Data were expressed as mean ± standard deviation. N = 10. One-way ANOVA test was used for data comparison between two groups, and Tukey’s test was used for the post hoc test. Data comparison between the MOD group and the NC group, ^##P < 0.01; data comparison between the SalA-L, SalA-M, and SalA-H groups and the MOD group, **P < 0.01