Research Article

Metabolic Signatures of Kidney Yang Deficiency Syndrome and Protective Effects of Two Herbal Extracts in Rats Using GC/TOF MS

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Visualization of biochemical effects of hydrocortisone-induced KDS-Yang in rats pretreated with WKY1 (a) and WKY2 (b) using a metabolic profiling approach depicted by a 3D PLS-DA scores plot of GC/TOF MS spectral data from serum samples ( ; control group, red dot; model group, blank dot; WKY1 treatment group, dark green dots; and WKY2 treatment group, bright green dots; each dot denotes an individual rat).
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