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Fig. 6 | BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Fig. 6

From: Treatment with Rhodiola crenulata root extract ameliorates insulin resistance in fructose-fed rats by modulating sarcolemmal and intracellular fatty acid translocase/CD36 redistribution in skeletal muscle

Fig. 6

Triglyceride content in the gastrocnemius (a), skeletal muscular CD36 mRNA (b) and protein (c) expression, Oil Red O staining area (d-g) in rats. The fructose controls (Rhodiola 0 mg/kg) and fructose Rhodiola (50 mg/kg) group had free access to 10 % fructose in their drinking water over 18 weeks. The water controls (Rhodiola 0 mg/kg) had free access to a tap water. Rhodiola (50 mg/kg) was administered by gavage daily during the last 5 weeks. The water and fructose controls received vehicle (5 % Gum Arabic) alone. mRNA was determined by Real-time PCR and normalized to β-actin, while protein expression was analyzed by Western blot and normalized to β-actin. Expression in water control was arbitrarily assigned a value of 1. Data are means ± SEM (n = 6-9 each group)

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