Bai-Hu-Jia-Ren-Shen-Tang Decoction Reduces Fatty Liver by Activating AMP-Activated Protein Kinase In Vitro and In Vivo

Figure 1

Characterization of BHJRST. (a) Confirmation of the identity of the ingredients. The macroscopic and microscopic appearance of the 5 ingredients used to prepare BHJRST was examined. (b) HPLC chromatograms of water extracts of BHJRST and three of the five single ingredients. Three major peaks were identified in the classical BHJRST formula (top panel) by comparison of their retention times with those of peaks in extracts of the single ingredients Rhizoma Anemarrhenae (Zhi-Mu), Ginseng Radix (Ren-Shen), or Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata (Zhi-Gan-Cao).

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