Table 1.
Percentage composition of the experimental diet
| Content (g/kg) | Diets |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal control (NC)/diabetes mellitus (DM) | DM + 10%-T (10% white sweet potato [WSP] tuber) | DM + 30%-T (30% WSP tuber) | DM + 0.5%-L (0.5% WSP leaf) | DM + 5%-L (5% WSP leaf) | |
| Powdered tubers | - | 100 | 300 | - | - |
| Powdered leaves | - | - | - | 5 | 50 |
| Corn starch | 397.4 | 338.6 | 220.9 | 397.4 | 388.4 |
| Casein | 200 | 195.1 | 185.3 | 199 | 189.5 |
| Dextrinized cornstarch | 132 | 132 | 132 | 132 | 132 |
| Sucrose | 100 | 94.8 | 84.4 | 100 | 100 |
| Soybean oil | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 |
| Fiber | 50 | 42.7 | 28.2 | 48 | 30 |
| AIN-93 mineral mix | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 |
| AIN-93-vitamin mix | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| L-Cysteine | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Choline bitartrate | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| Tert-butylhydroquinone (mg/kg) | 0.014 | 0.014 | 0.014 | 0.014 | 0.014 |
Each experimental chow diet has equal calories (4.16 calories per g) and equal nutrients composition (carbohydrate: protein: fat = 63.5%: 20.5%: 16%).