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The mulberry leaf (ML), <jats:italic>Morus alba L.<\/jats:italic>, has advantages in terms of its comprehensive therapeutic efficacy, which are characterized as multicomponent, multitarget, multipathway, and matching with the complex pathological mechanisms of diabetes.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold> T2D rats were established by a high-fat diet combined with an intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin; an evaluation of the hypoglycemic effects of the ML in combination with fasting blood glucose and other indicators, in addition to the utilization of metabolomics technology, was performed to analysis the metabolite changes in serum of rats.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold> MLs significantly reduced the fasting blood glucose of T2D rats, while improving the symptoms of polyphagia and polyuria. 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