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Table 1 Effect of daily administration of CS (20 mg/kg) and fenofibrate (100 mg/kg) on Serum biochemistry parameters of fatty liver rats

From: Capparis spinosa improves non-alcoholic steatohepatitis through down-regulating SREBP-1c and a PPARα-independent pathway in high-fat diet-fed rats

Parameters

NC

HF

HF + FENO

HF + CS

P-Value

HF VS. NC

HF + FENO VS. HF

HF + CS VS. HF

HF + CS VS. HF + FENO

AST (U/L)

36.21 ± 4.15

91.00 ± 18.06

73.41 ± 7.14

47.00 ± 5.11

 < 0.001

0.0117

 < 0. 001

0. 002

ALT (U/L)

28.75 ± 3.93

73.12 ± 6.43

51.68 ± 11.17

38.38 ± 5.72

 < 0.001

0.0047

 < 0. 001

0.0244

TG (mg/dl)

44.57 ± 8.14

115.10 ± 16.32

38.29 ± 09.66

48.25 ± 07.13

 < 0.001

 < 0. 001

 < 0. 001

ns

TC (mg/dl)

71.57 ± 2.63

125.12 ± 7.59

83.37 ± 11.04

82.44 ± 7.90

 < 0.001

 < 0. 001

 < 0. 001

ns

HDL-c (mg/dl)

44.00 ± 2.82

27.71 ± 5.03

32.86 ± 7.84

37.75 ± 4.68

 < 0.001

ns

0.0071

ns

LDL-c (mg/dl)

25.66 ± 3.33

71.40 ± 7.25

48.06 ± 11.57

35.83 ± 6.51

 < 0.001

 < 0. 001

 < 0. 001

0.0041

FFA (mg/dl)

9.99 ± 3.04

29.52 ± 4.37

36.63 ± 6.08

19.86 ± 4.01

 < 0.001

 < 0. 001

0.0014

 < 0. 001

FBG (mg/dl)

105.70 ± 7.54

254.30 ± 8.95

160.1 ± 20.22

120.10 ± 8.72

 < 0.001

 < 0. 001

 < 0. 001

 < 0. 001

Insulin (mIU/L)

3.68 ± 1.07

3.079 ± 1.088

5.744 ± 0.79

3.327 ± 1.53

ns

0.0012

ns

0.0033

HOMA-IR

0.96 ± 0.26

1.925 ± 0.68

2.268 ± 0.41

1.04 ± 0.49

0.0059

ns

0.0130

0. 005

  1. Values are expressed as the mean ± SD of parameters analyzed by one-way ANOVA and Tukey post hoc tests (n = 7 in each group)
  2. AST aspartate aminotransferase, ALT alanine aminotransferase, TG triacylglycerol, TC total cholesterol, HDL-c high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-c low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, FFA free fatty acid, FBS fasting blood glucose, HOMA-IR homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance, NC normal control, HF high fat, CS capparis spinosa, FENO fenofibrate