Table 2 Water intake (WI, ml/mouse/d), food intake (FI, g/mouse/d), body weight (BW, g/mouse), serum alanine aminotransferase activity (ALT, U/l), aspartate aminotransferase activity (AST, U/l) of non-diabetic mice (Non-DM), diabetic mice consumed normal diet (DM), 2% caffeic acid (CA) or ellagic acid (EA) at 1 and 12 week.

WI

   1

2.5 ± 0.4^a

3.6 ± 0.7^a

3.1 ± 0.4^a

3.2 ± 0.5^a

   12

3.0 ± 0.5^a

7.9 ± 1.2^c

5.6 ± 0.8^b

6.0 ± 0.7^b

FI

   1

2.2 ± 0.6^a

2.4 ± 0.5^a

2.3 ± 0.7^a

2.5 ± 0.6^a

   12

3.1 ± 1.0^a

7.2 ± 1.3^c

5.8 ± 0.8^b

6.1 ± 0.9^b

BW

   1

22.9 ± 1.2^b

20.6 ± 1.0^a

21.0 ± 1.3^a

21.2 ± 0.8^a

   12

29.7 ± 2.0^d

11.5 ± 1.4^a

16.2 ± 1.0^c

14.7 ± 0.9^b

ALT

   1

52 ± 5^a

54 ± 7^a

50 ± 3^a

55 ± 4^a

   12

51 ± 6^a

50 ± 5^a

52 ± 7^a

53 ± 5^a

AST

   1

75 ± 9^a

72 ± 4^a

77 ± 5^a

70 ± 7^a

   12

74 ± 6^a

73 ± 8^a

71 ± 5^a

72 ± 4^a