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Table 5 Triglyceride storage in the liver, gastrocnemius muscle and quadriceps muscles

From: The combination of Artemisia princeps Pamp, Leonurus japonicas Houtt, and Gardenia jasminoides Ellis fruit attenuates the exacerbation of energy, lipid, and glucose by increasing hepatic PGC-1α expression in estrogen-deficient rats

 

Control (n = 12)

APP (n = 12)

APP + LJH (n = 12)

APP + LJH + GJE(n = 12)

Positive-control (n = 12)

Liver (mg/g tissues)

0.86 ± 0.10a

0.75 ± 0.09b

0.74 ± 0.07b

0.61 ± 0.09c

0.57 ± 0.08c

Gastrocnemius muscles (mg/g tissues)

1.25 ± 0.21a

1.18 ± 0.18ab

1.10 ± 0.22ab

1.02 ± 0.17b

0.93 ± 0.17b

Quadriceps muscles (mg/g tissues)

2.62 ± 0.39a

2.24 ± 0.36b

2.18 ± 0.32bc

2.01 ± 0.28c

1.93 ± 0.29c

  1. Control, OVX rats fed a high-fat diet (OVX-CON) with 2 % dextrin; APP, OVX rats fed a high fat diet with 2 % Artemisia princeps Pamp water extract; LJH, OVX rats fed a high fat diet with 2 % Leonurus japonicas Houtt water extract; GJE, OVX rats fed a high fat diet with 2 % Gardenia jasminoides Ellis water extract; positive-control, OVX rats fed a high fat diet with 30 μg/kg body weight 17β-estradiol + 2 % dextrose. Values are means ± SD
  2. a,b,c Significantly different among all groups by Tukey test at p < 0.05