Table 1.

General Characteristics of Rats at the End of the Study

Control (C) or streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats were either untreated (D) or treated with the antioxidant N-acetylcysteine (1.5 g/kg/day, D+NAC) by oral gavage for four weeks.

All values are expressed as means±S.E.M., n=7.

^*p<0.05 compared with control group.

^†p<0.05 compared with diabetic group.