Figure 1.

Viability of HepG2 cells after exposure to palmitic acid (PA) or ginsenoside Rg1 (G-Rg1). The structure of G-Rg1. (a) HepG2 cells were exposed to various concentrations of PA (0, 0.125, 0.25, and 0.5 mM) and G-Rg1 (0, 10, 20, 40, 80, and 100 μg/mL). After being incubated with these compounds for 24 h, the cell viability was determined by the CCK-8 assay. (b, c) The data represent the means ± SDs of three independent experiments. ∗∗P<0.01 (in comparison to the vehicle-treated control group).