Table 1. Hormone, lipid, ROS, and CRP levels in mice plasma

	Group
	Control	SI	SI-KRG5	SI-KRG20	SI-KRG50
CORT (µg/L)	8.2 ± 0.7	37.6 ± 4.3*	31.5 ± 5.2	15.4 ± 2.7**	13.6 ± 1.7**
Insulin (ng/mL)	2.4 ± 0.4	1.6 ± 0.3*	1.8 ± 0.4	2.2 ± 0.7	2.7 ± 0.5**
Glucagon (pg/mL)	145.8 ± 11.7	152 ± 14.8	165.8 ± 15.6	155.9 ± 18.3	172.1 ± 20.2
TG (mmol/L)	3.6 ± 1.2	3.2 ± 1.2	3.3 ± 1.5	2.8 ± 1.0	2.9 ± 0.8
TC (mmol/L)	5.3 ± 1.8	12.2 ± 3.1*	8.4 ± 2.2	6.1 ± 1.5**	6.7 ± 2.0**
HDL-C (mmol/L)	4.7 ± 0.8	4.0 ± 0.7	3.5 ± 0.8	5.2 ± 1.3	4.3 ± 1.2
LDL-C (mmol/L)	1.5 ± 0.3	2.4 ± 0.6*	2.0 ± 0.4	1.7 ± 0.6	1.2 ± 0.2**
Glucose (g/L)	2.1 ± 0.4	2.6 ± 0.7	2.9 ± 0.6	2.7 ± 0.8	1.8 ± 0.7
ROS	1.0 ± 0.5	5.4 ± 2.1*	4.6 ± 1.7	2.3 ± 0.5**	1.9 ± 0.5**
CRP	1.0 ± 0.2	2.8 ± 0.4*	3.1 ± 1.0	2.0 ± 0.3**	1.2 ± 0.3**

ROS and CRP are presented as relative intensity, compared to the control group, which is set to one (1).
Values are presented as the mean ± S.D. of seven independent samples.
p<0.05 compared with the control,
p<0.05 compared with STZ.
ROS, reactive oxygen species; CRP, C-reactive protein; SI, stress-induction; KRG, Korean Red Ginseng; CORT, corticosterone; TG, triglycerides; TC, total cholesterol; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol.