Figure 8. Effect of lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) leaf extract on the level of (a) heme oxygenase 1 (HO-1) and (b) nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor (Nrf₂) against non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in rats. All data are presented as mean ± standard error of the mean.

NC: normal control; HFD: high fat diet; LF: lotus leaf; ###p < 0.001 was compared with the normal control; *p < 0.05 was compared with the HFD control group rats; **p < 0.01 was compared with the HFD control group rats; ***p < 0.001 was compared with the HFD control group rats. Source: Elaborated by the authors.