Research Article

A Recipe Composed of Chinese Herbal Active Components Regulates Hepatic Lipid Metabolism of NAFLD In Vivo and In Vitro

Table 3

Body weight, food intake, liver weight, liver/body weight ratio, and serum transaminase in different groups of SD rats.

ParametersNDHFDHFD + ACGHFD + QHDHFD + RGZ

Body weight (g)438.33 ± 23.96588.89 ± 52.05478.67 ± 56.05484.22 ± 58.47495.22 ± 44.61
Food intake (g/day)19.65 ± 2.221.53 ± 2.620.82 ± 2.320.00 ± 2.121.44 ± 2.2
Liver weight (g)12.82 ± 1.3623.06 ± 3.6816.23 ± 1.2318.24 ± 2.1318.92 ± 2.64
Liver/body weight ratio2.92 ± 0.263.89 ± 0.343.42 ± 0.413.74 ± 0.403.81 ± 0.32
ALT (U/L)25.63 ± 11.2339.24 ± 14.1026.42 ± 8.68 21.45 ± 7.8537.56 ± 8.97
AST (U/L)22.87 ± 4.5239.34 ± 14.4026.11 ± 8.27 23.29 ± 4.91 27.13 ± 2.37

Data are expressed as mean ± SD ().
Statistical analysis of the data was performed using the one-way ANOVA test followed by Tukey’s post hoc test.
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