Figure 7.

(A) Differential expression of NF-kB and iNOS genes in the liver of normal, untreated, metformin-treated, and FFP-supplemented diabetic mice. The expression of target genes (±SEM) was normalized with β-actin, and the untreated diabetic group was used as control for comparison. Fold change >2 when compared with the untreated group was considered significant. (B) NO levels in livers of normal, untreated, metformin-treated, and FFP-supplemented diabetic mice. Different superscript letters indicate a significant difference compared with the untreated diabetic group, p<0.05.

Note: FFP0.1 and FFP1.0 indicate 0.1 and 1.0 g, respectively, of FFP per kg of body weight.

Abbreviations: NO, nitric oxide; FFP, fermented food paste; iNOS, inducible nitric oxide synthase; NF-kB, nuclear factor kappa B.