The normal control group that had not received STZ (NC mice), was continuously fed an ordinary diet without any treatment. The type 2 diabetic mice (as described above) were randomly divided into 8 groups of 10 mice each, and these received treatment for four weeks as summarized in Table 1. When indicated, chow contained 200 mg/kg bw per day metformin HCL. Mice in the low-, middle-, and high-dose groups were administered 100, 200, and 400 mg/kg bw per day of either EKE or GEKE suspension once a day for four weeks by gavage [29 (link)].
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