Extract of Kuding Tea Prevents High-Fat Diet-Induced Metabolic Disorders in C57BL/6 Mice via Liver X Receptor (LXR) β Antagonism
Figure 3
EK ameliorates metabolic disorders in high-fat diet-induced obesity C57BL/6 mice.
(A): Body weight gain. (B): Food intake amount. (C): Fecal TG contents. (D): Images of white and brown adipocytes under a scanning electron microscope. (E): Serum total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c), and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-c) levels. (F): Effects of EK on glucose tolerance in HFD fed mice as determined by the glucose tolerance test (GTT). NS: No significance. The data were shown as mean ± SE. N = 7 for all groups. * P<0.05.