Protective Effect of a Mixture of Astragalus membranaceus and Lithospermum erythrorhizon Extract against Hepatic Steatosis in High Fat Diet-Induced Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Mice

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Effects of ALM16 and individual extracts (AM and LE) on biochemical parameters in the serum of NAFLD mice. Serum levels of (a) AST, (b) ALT, (c) ALP, and (d) LDH in HFD-fed mice (n = 5). (e) Protein expression levels of hepatic GGT-1 (n = 4). Data are expressed as mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM). ^#, ^## and ^### vs ND group; , , and vs HFD group. ND: normal diet; HFD: high fat diet; AM: HFD + AM extract (100 mg/kg); LE: HFD + LE extract (100 mg/kg); ALM16-L: HFD + ALM16 (50 mg/kg); ALM16-M: HFD + ALM16 (100 mg/kg); ALM16-H: HFD + ALM16 (200 mg/kg); MT: HFD + milk thistle extract (100 mg/kg).

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