Research Article

Stress and Its Effects on Glucose Metabolism and 11 -HSD Activities in Rats Fed on a Combination of High-Fat and High-Sucrose Diet with Glycyrrhizic Acid

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Mean systolic blood pressure of rats in each group across the four-week period, measured twice a week for each rat. #depicts a significant difference between Group A and B, Δdepicts a significant difference between groups A and C, and *indicates a significant difference between groups B and C (significant difference indicated by ). Group A: control (HSD/HFD); group B: stress + HSD/HFD; group C: stress + GA + HSD/HFD. Abbreviations: GA: glycyrrhizic acid, HSD: high-sucrose diet, and HFD: high-fat diet.
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