INS and polycystic ovary syndrome: As shown in Table 1, in PCOS‐IR rats, the fasting insulin was higher than that in the control rats (20.74 ± 1.75 vs. 9.01 ± 0.85; p < 0.05), Fasting glucose levels also manifested significant increase in PCOS‐IR rats compared with control rats (16.4 ± 1.81 vs. 5.23 ± 0.64; p < 0.05).