Research Article

Nerium oleander Distillate Improves Fat and Glucose Metabolism in High-Fat Diet-Fed Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats

Table 1

High fat diet composition and nutritional substances.

Ingredients%Nutritional substances%

Vegetable oil 3.00DM94.4
CP22.3
Animal fat (tallow)37.00ME, kcal/kg5387
Corn, yellow30.50Ca1.16
Casein, dried20.00P0.62
Soya pulp, 48%4.50Na0.21
Dicalcium phosphate1.70Met + Cys0.94
Dl-methionine0.20Lysine1.81
Lime stone1.60CF0.89
Salt0.50EE40.34
Vitamin-mineral1.00Linoleic acid3.40

DM: dry matter; CP: crude protein, ME: metabolic energy: CF: crude fiber; EE: ether extract; Met + Cys: methionine and cystein.