Garlic-Derived S-Allylmercaptocysteine Ameliorates Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in a Rat Model through Inhibition of Apoptosis and Enhancing Autophagy

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Addition of SAMC attenuated extrinsic apoptotic pathway components during the development of NAFLD. Protein expression of (a) Fas, (b) TRAIL, (c) FADD, and (d) cleaved caspase-8 were measured by Western blot and then quantified by ImageJ software. Data presented are expressed as mean ± SEM (𝑛=7), and experimental groups marked by different letters represented significant differences between groups at 𝑃<0.05 (Kruskal-Wallis test followed by Dunn’s post hoc test). N + S: NAFLD + SAMC cotreatment.

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