Induction of experimental diabetes
Animals were allowed to fast 18 h and were injected with icecold alloxan monohydrate freshly prepared with water (2%) at adose of 70 mg/kg body weight [21]. Fasting BGL were measuredafter a week when the condition of diabetes was stabilized. Animalswith marked hyperglycemia (fasting blood glucose concentrationlevel above 11.1 mmol/L) were considered to be diabetic and usedfor the experiments