Extract of Kuding Tea Prevents High-Fat Diet-Induced Metabolic Disorders in C57BL/6 Mice via Liver X Receptor (LXR) β Antagonism
Figure 5
EK improves metabolic disorders in obese C57BL/6 mice.
(A): Body weights before and after treatment. (B): Food intake amount. (C): Images of white adipocytes using scanning electron microscopy. (D): Serum total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-c), and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-c) levels. (E): Glucose tolerance in HFD fed mice as determined by glucose tolerance test (GTT). The mice were injected glucose at 1 mg/kg for the intra-peritoneal glucose tolerance test, and glucose levels were tested at regular intervals of 15, 30, 60, and 90 minutes. NS: No significance. The data were shown as mean ± SE. N = 7 for all groups. * P<0.05.