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. 2018 Sep 11;8:13572. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-31855-y

Figure 6.

Figure 6

Effect of photoperiod and seasonal fruit supplementation on hypothalamic neuropeptides regulated by leptin in obese animals. Hypothalamic gene expression of neuropeptides was evaluated by qPCR on animals fed cafeteria diet (CD) + vehicle or 100 mg/kg of lyophilized grapes (A) or cherries (B) for a 7-week-period and submitted to long-day (LD) or short-day (SD) light cycle. Values were normalized against LD-Control group. Data represent mean ± SE (n = 6). P, photoperiod effect; F, fruit effect; F*P, interaction of photoperiod and fruit treatment assessed by two-way ANOVA (P < 0.05). Different letters denote significant changes assessed by one-way ANOVA and Tukey post hoc test (P < 0.05). *Effect of photoperiod in fruit-treated groups; #Effect of fruit in photoperiod groups determined by Student’s t test (P < 0.05).