Table 3.

Expression characteristics of apoptotic genes

Genes	Normal	NASH	NASH treated with curcumin
CytC	1.00 (0.77~1.23)	3.44 (2.99~5.77)*	1.67 (0.89~1.89)**
Casp3	1.00 (0.81~1.41)	7.83 (4.67~9.11)*	2.10 (1.09~3.11)**
Casp8	1.00 (0.73~1.31)	5.72 (4.12~8.77)*	1.77 (1.01~3.33)**
Casp9	1.00 (0.85~1.29)	1.51 (0.98~2.27)	1.11 (0.99~2.12)

The genes expression levels were calculated by the 2^-ΔΔCT method. Data were presented as 2^-ΔΔCT and range.

^*indicated significance (P < 0.05) when compared with normal rats;

^**indicated significance (P < 0.05) when compared with NASH rats.

CytC, Cytochrome C, Somatic; Casp, caspase.