Table 1.

Treatment of experimental groups.

Groups	Diet	Injection (i.p.)	Drinking solution
Control (nondiabetic)	Commercial chow diet	Vehicle∗	Vehicle#
Diabetic-vehicle	HFD	STZ	Vehicle#
Diabetic JPP-I	HFD	STZ	2.7 g JPP/L of vehicle
Diabetic JPP-II	HFD	STZ	5.4 g JPP/L of vehicle
Diabetic JPP-III	HFD	STZ	10.8 g JPP/L of vehicle

^∗STZ vehicle was 0.1 M citrate buffer, pH 4.4. ^#Water containing 0.5% carboxymethyl cellulose was used as vehicle to stabilize the drinking suspension of JPP. STZ: streptozotocin; HFD: high-fat diet.