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Table 4 Effect of purpurin on the liver

From: Anti-adipogenic and anti-obesity activities of purpurin in 3T3-L1 preadipocyte cells and in mice fed a high-fat diet

 

SD

HFD

HFD 40

HFD 80

Liver weight (g)

1.05 ± 0.08c

1.57 ± 0.08a

1.23 ± 0.15b

1.07 ± 0.02c

Triglyceride (mg/liver)

20.8 ± 1.9d

69.4 ± 5.0a

36.5 ± 3.5b

28.16 ± 0.75c

Total cholesterol (mg/liver)

2.86 ± 0.18b

7.25 ± 0.93a

3.80 ± 0.42b

3.00 ± 0.11b

GOT (IU/mL)

6.7 ± 1.3c

87.9 ± 4.9a

23.9 ± 3.8b

18.4 ± 2.2b

GPT (IU/mL)

11.7 ± 2.0c

85.5 ± 2.8a

31.3 ± 2.6b

25.8 ± 2.1b

  1. Data are expressed as the mean ± SD of 10 mice experiments. Values sharing a common letter are not significantly different at p < 0.05