Effect of Bu-Zhong-Yi-Qi-Tang on deficiency of N-glycan/nitric oxide and islet damage induced by streptozotocin in diabetic rats

Table 6 Correlation between the number, size, necrosis and atrophy of islets and levels of α-mannosidase, amylase, nitrite and nitrate and binding of lectin to amylase

Biochemistry index	n	Islet number	Islet size	Necrosis	Atrophy
Serum nitrite	50	0.404b	0.736b	-0.319b	-0.866b
Serum nitrate	50	0.181	0.194	-0.126	-0.245a
Pancreas tissue nitrite	50	0. 30a	0.456b	-0.222	-0.480b
Pancreas tissue nitrate	50	0.101	0.157	-0.041	-0.317b
LCA-binding of amylase in serum	61	-0.254a	-0.290a	0.077	0.228a
ConA-binding of amylase in serum	61	-0.048	-0.10	-0.011	-0.016
PNA-binding of amylase in serum	61	-0.114	-0.261a	0.283a	0.041
PSA-binding of amylase in serum	61	-0.143	-0.26a	0.165	0.153
LCA-binding of amylase in pancreas tissue	43	-0.442b	-0.253a	0.174	0.183
ConA-binding of amylase in pancreas tissue	43	-0.117	-0.095	-0.192	0.232
PSA-binding of amylase in pancreas tissue	43	-0.095	-0.037	-0.288a	0.106
The activity of α-mannosidase in serum	61	0.067	0.050	0.026	-0.108
The activity of α-mannosidase in pancreas tissue	43	0.638b	0.747b	-0.508b	-0.714b
The activity of amylase in serum	61	0.158	0.365b	-0.215a	-0.310b
The activity of amylase in pancreas tissue	43	0.428b	0.639b	-0.314a	-0.631b

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01, test of significance of correlation coefficient.