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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 570948, 12 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/570948
Research Article
Treatment with Ginger Ameliorates Fructose-Induced Fatty Liver and Hypertriglyceridemia in Rats: Modulation of the Hepatic Carbohydrate Response Element-Binding Protein-Mediated Pathway
1Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
2Pharmafood Institute, Kyoto 602-8136, Japan
3Endocrinology and Metabolism Group, Sydney Institute of Health Sciences, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia
Received 7 August 2012; Revised 1 October 2012; Accepted 3 October 2012
Academic Editor: Mohd Roslan Sulaiman
Copyright © 2012 Huanqing Gao et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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