Figure - PMC

Skip to main content

An official website of the United States government

Here's how you know

Here's how you know

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

View full-text article in PMC

. 2023 Apr 21;12(4):978. doi: 10.3390/antiox12040978

Search in PMC
Search in PubMed
View in NLM Catalog
Add to search

© 2023 by the authors.

Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

PMC Copyright notice

Metformin (MET) and Morus alba L. (MAE) treatments decreased lipid droplets in liver while attenuating p38-MAPK and IL6 expression in HFD-fed mice. (A) Histological images of liver status for each group of study. Yellow arrows refer to fat vacuoles. (B) Representative images of Western blot for each studied protein. (C) Western blot quantification for pP38 (MAPK). (D) Western blot quantification for IL-6. Data are expressed as means ±SEM (n = 8). Groups with different letters statistically differ (p < 0.05). SD: standard diet; HFD: high-fat diet.