The Role of Antioxidant Activity of Chitosan-Pinus merkusii Extract Nanoparticle in against Lead Acetate-Induced Toxicity in Rat Pancreas

Table 1

Effect of Chitosan-Pinus merkusii extract nanoparticle on lead acetate-induced changes on the blood glucose and serum insulin.

Groups	Mean ± SD
	Blood glucose (mg/dl)	Serum insulin (U/ml)
Control	98.21^a ± 6.23	68.73^a ± 4.75
Lead acetate groups	276.17^b ± 9.43	41.44^b ± 5.83
Chitosan-P. merkusii 150 mg/kg BW	288.31^b ± 7.67	39.62^b ± 4.91
Chitosan-P. merkusii 300 mg/kg BW	263.62^b ± 8.92	48.20^b ± 4.64
Chitosan-P. merkusii 600 mg/kg BW	168.57^c ± 10.23	52.39^c ± 3.85

^a,b,cDifferent superscript within each column indicate significant difference between the means ().