Research Article

Diospyros kaki and Citrus unshiu Mixture Improves Disorders of Lipid Metabolism in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Table 2

Biochemical analyses.

ParametersNormalHFD-fed mice
VehO60PCM50PCM100

Serum
ROS (flu/min/mL)5094 ± 2196631 ± 9415425 ± 2945543 ± 1805274 ± 547
TG (mg/dL)187.3 ± 6.6220.7 ± 5.7198.9 ± 1.6195.0 ± 2.3189.5 ± 1.0
TC (mg/dL)130.9 ± 1.4196.6 ± 4.0161.9 ± 4.6184.5 ± 4.7160.3 ± 12.2
HDL (mg/dL)82.4 ± 0.596.1 ± 0.797.3 ± 7.1103.8 ± 0.698.2 ± 2.7
LDL (mg/dL)15.9 ± 1.145.1 ± 1.733.2 ± 2.139.3 ± 2.739.8 ± 0.9
VLDL (mg/dL)39.6 ± 1.244.1 ± 1.139.8 ± 0.339.2 ± 0.637.9 ± 0.2

Liver
ROS (flu/min/mg protein)3123 ± 1273870 ± 2182507 ± 932948 ± 632630 ± 187
TBARS (nmol/mg protein)0.12 ± 0.010.15 ± 0.010.11 ± 0.00.11 ± 0.010.11 ± 0.01
TG (mg/mg protein)2.87 ± 0.093.33 ± 0.32.12 ± 0.062.94 ± 0.122.23 ± 0.05
TC (mg/mg protein)2.42 ± 0.082.81 ± 0.251.76 ± 0.042.48 ± 0.12.07 ± 0.16

Veh, HFD control mice; O60, orlistat 60 mg/kg-treated and obese mice; PCM50, PCM 50 mg/kg-treated and obese mice; PCM100, PCM 100 mg/kg-treated and obese mice. Data are the mean ± SEM, n = 7. Significance:  < 0.05,  < 0.01, and  < 0.001 versus HFD control mice.