AA	arachidonic acid
AKT	protein kinase B
ALP	alkaline phosphatase
ALT	alanine aminotransferase
AST	aspartate aminotransferase
CHO	cholesterol
ESI	electrospray ionization source
FBG	fasting blood glucose
GAPDH	glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase
GLU	glucose
GLUT4	glucose transporter protein 4
HDL-C	high density lipoprotein cholesterol
H&E	haematoxylin and eosin
LDL-C	low density lipoprotein cholesterol
LH	Artemisia integrifolia Linn.
Met	metformin
OPLS-DA	orthogonal partial least-squares-discriminant analysis
ORO	Oil red O
PCA	principal component analysis
PI3K	phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
QC	quality control
RT-qPCR	quantitative real-time PCR
S1P	sphingosine 1-phosphate
SOD	superoxide dismutase
SPF	specific pathogen-free
STZ	streptozotocin
T2DM	Type II diabetes mellitus
TCM	Traditional Chinese Medicine
TG	triglycerides
VIP	variable importance in projection