The Effects of Jiang-Zhi-Ning and Its Main Components on Cholesterol Metabolism

Table 7

The effects of nuciferine treatment on cholesterol metabolism in liver cells (protein analysis).

Treatment	LDL-R	HMG-CoAR	ACAT2
No nuciferine	0.25±0.02	0.26±0.03	1.23±0.02
Nuciferine: low dose	0.60±0.11 **	0.48±0.16 **	0.76±0.16 **
Nuciferine: medium dose	0.91±0.14 **	0.53±0.14 **	0.87±0.25 **
Nuciferine: high dose	0.98±0.26 **	0.51±0.23 *	0.71±0.18 **
Atorvastatin	1.68±0.21 **	0.68±0.19 **	0.58±0.22 **

Note: comparison with no-drug control group, *𝑃<0.05, **𝑃<0.01.