Suppression of Diet-Induced Hypercholesterolemia by Turtle Jelly, A Traditional Chinese Functional Food, in Rats

Figure 8

Real-time RT-PCR analysis of the mRNA expressions of (a) LDLR, (b) PEPCK, (c) PPARα, and (d) HMGR in the livers from the Control, HCD, SIM (3 mg/kg bw per day), GL (3.3 mL/kg bw per day), and GH (10 mL/kg bw per day). The expression level of each gene was normalized to that of the GAPDH gene in each sample. Data are expressed as means ± SEM, 𝑛=4−7. ^#𝑃<0.05, ^##𝑃<0.01, and ^##𝑃<0.01 represent significant differences when compared with the Control group. *𝑃<0.05 and **𝑃<0.01 represent significant differences when compared with the HCD. The number in parentheses is 𝑛 for individual group.

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