OXT and diabetes mellitus: Similarly, there were significant decreases in serum levels of hepatic enzymes ALT (in prediabetic and diabetic, P < 0.05 each), AST (in prediabetic and diabetic, P < 0.01 each), but the albumin levels in the blood had increased significantly (in prediabetic and diabetic, P < 0.05 each) with the treatment of oxytocin-induced diabetes, which agreed with a previous report (30).