Selective effect of phosphatidylcholine on the lysis of adipocytes
Fig 3
In vivo analysis of the inguinal adipose tissue area before and after phosphatidylcholine (PPC) or deoxycholate (DC) injection.
MR images were acquired to measure the inguinal fat pad area of Sprague-Dawley rats, before (Pre) and 7, 14, and 28 days after injection of 25 mg of PPC (n = 6), 12.5 mg of PPC (n = 6), 25 mg of DC (n = 5), or 12.5 mg of DC (n = 5) into one side of the bilateral inguinal fat pad and control solution (ethanol for PPC and PBS for DC) into the other side. Data are presented as the percentage of the inguinal fat pad area injected with PPC or DC to the control-injected fat pad area.