Table 1.

General Characteristics of Rats at the End of the Study.

	C	D	D + NAC
Water intake (mL/kg/day)	121.1 ± 8.3	840.3 ± 10.7*	421.1 ± 7.1*
Food intake (g/kg/day)	66.0 ± 1.3	195.1 ± 3.8*	145.5 ± 3.5*
Body weight (g)	486.3 ± 12.7	310.9 ± 17.2*	304.5 ± 12.5*
Plasma glucose (mM)	6.2 ± 0.8	27.7 ± 1.7*	26.1 ± 1.5*

All values are expressed as Mean ± S.E.M. n = 6 per group. Control (C) or STZ-induced diabetic rats with untreated (D) or treated with NAC (1.5 g/kg/day) for 4 weeks.  *P < 0.05 versus C;  ^# P < 0.05 versus D.