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. 2016 Jul 12;16:209. doi: 10.1186/s12906-016-1176-z

Fig. 6.

Fig. 6

Triglyceride content in the gastrocnemius (a), skeletal muscular CD36 mRNA (b) and protein (c) expression, Oil Red O staining area (d-g) in rats. The fructose controls (Rhodiola 0 mg/kg) and fructose Rhodiola (50 mg/kg) group had free access to 10 % fructose in their drinking water over 18 weeks. The water controls (Rhodiola 0 mg/kg) had free access to a tap water. Rhodiola (50 mg/kg) was administered by gavage daily during the last 5 weeks. The water and fructose controls received vehicle (5 % Gum Arabic) alone. mRNA was determined by Real-time PCR and normalized to β-actin, while protein expression was analyzed by Western blot and normalized to β-actin. Expression in water control was arbitrarily assigned a value of 1. Data are means ± SEM (n = 6-9 each group)