| AS | acetylshikonin |
| WT | Wild Type |
| CL | clenbuterol |
| NAFLD | nonalcoholic fatty liver disease |
| NASH | nonalcoholic steatohepatitis |
| TG | triglyceride |
| FFA | free fatty acid |
| CHE | cholinesterase |
| AST | alanine aminotransferase |
| ALT | alanine aminotransferase |
| SREBP-1 | sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1 |
| FAS | fatty acid synthetase |
| HMGCR | 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase |
| HSL | hormone-sensitive lipase |
| ATGL | adipose TG lipase |
| GAPDH | glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase |
| ELISA | enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| TNF-α | tumour necrosis factor-a |
| IL-6 | interleukin-6 |
| IL-1β | interleukin-1β BMI body mass index |
| T2DM | type 2 diabetes mellitus |
| ANOVA | one-way analysis of variance |