In the study, streptozotocin was used to induce type 2 DM.
diabetic condition is generated by injecting 90 mg kg-1 streptozotocin in two-day-old rats intraperitoneally (Goyal et al., 2011).
After two months, there was partial destruction of the islet cells of pancreas in neonatal STZ-induced rats in comparison to that of normal rats.