Table 5

Treatment	Total receptor molecules / total insulin molecules	No. receptor molecules per molecule of insulin
Males
Control	29 x10¹⁷/ 0.188 x10¹²	153 x10^5a
10% FGS	121x10¹⁷/ 0.088 x10¹²	1373 x10^5b
2.5% SDF	306 x10¹⁷/ 0.088 x10¹²	3491x10^5b
20% FGS	216 x10¹⁷/ 0.038 x10¹²	5765 x10^5b
5% SDF	573 x10¹⁷/ 0.053 x10¹²	10839 x10^5b
Females
Control	23 x10¹⁷/ 0.727 x10¹²	31 x10^5a
10% FGS	152 x10¹⁷/ 0.279 x10¹²	544 x10^5b
2.5% SDF	454 x10¹⁷/ 0.109 x10¹²	4189 x10^5b
20% FGS	234 x10¹⁷ / 0.049 x10¹²	4803 x10^5b
5% SDF	388 x10¹⁷ / 0.063 x10¹²	6159 x10^5b

Each group consists of 6 males and 5 females. Values bearing different superscripts i.e. ‘a’ and ‘b’ are statistically different by Duncan’s multiple range test at p<0.05 for males and females respectively. Treatment with both the levels of SDF or FGS in the diet for nine weeks to obese rats showed a significant (p<0.05) increase in insulin receptors per molecule of insulin in all the experimental rats compared to control rats. FGS: Fenugreek seeds; SDF: Soluble dietary fiber

Table 5: Insulin sensitivity and resistance index: expressed as a ratio of number of receptors on erythrocytes per molecule of insulin in plasma of obese rats at the end of 9 weeks.