| ANOVA | an analysis of variance |
| BW | body weight |
| DM | diabetes mellitus |
| ELISA | enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| FFA | fatty acid |
| FBG | fasting blood glucose |
| GPx | glutathione peroxidase |
| HOMA-IR | homeostasis model assessment for insulin resistance |
| IACUC | nstitutional Animal Care and Use Committee |
| MDA | Malondialdehyde |
| NA | nicotinamide |
| OGTT | Oral glucose tolerance test |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| STZ | streptozotocin |
| SOD | superoxide dismutase |
| TBARS | thiobarbituric acid-reactive substance |
| ZDF | Zucker diabetic fatty |