Figure 3.

Effect of rosa damascena on protein level on liver PPAR.γ and muscle GLUT.4

HCG was fed a standard chow and three other groups were a fed 60% fructose diet for 8 weeks. In Pio and RDE groups after the first 6 weeks, animals were treated by pioglitazone (10 mg/kg/day) or rosa damascena extract (100 mg/kg/day) for 2 weeks. PPAR.γ and GLUT.4 protein levels in liver and muscle, respectively, were assayed by western blotting.

HCG: healthy control group, Con: control, Pio: pioglitazone, RDE: Rosa damascena extract

* Significant difference with control group (P<0.0001)

# Significant difference with HCG group (P<0.05)