Table 2.
Composition of exper imental diet (g/kg)

Ingredients	Experimental group1)
	N	STZ	STZ-M	STZ-G	STZ-MG
	Casein	20.0	20.0	20.0	20.0	20.0
L-cystine	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Sucrose	23.2	23.2	23.2	23.2	23.2
Corn starch	41.7486	41.7486	36.7486	36.7486	36.7486
Cellulose	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
Soybean	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0
Choline bitartrate	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25	0.25
Mineral Mix2)	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5
Vitamin mix3)	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
t-Butylhydroquinone	0.0014	0.0014	0.0014	0.0014	0.0014
Mulberry leaf powder			5		2.5
Green tea powder				5	2.5

N, normal rat+basal control diet; STZ, DM rats++basal control diet; STZ-M, DM rats+feed diet containg 5% mulberry leaf powder; STZ-G, DM rats+feed diet containg 5% green tea powder; STZ-MG, DM rats+feed diet containg 5% mixture of mulberry leaf and green tea powder
Based on AIN-93-MX mineral mixture and AIN-93-VX vitamin mixture.
Based on AIN-93-MX mineral mixture and AIN-93-VX vitamin mixture.