Figure 4.

Effects of Agaricus blazei Murill extracts on glucose consumption by insulin‐resistant HepG2 cells. HepG2 cells were treated with 200, 100, 50, and 10 µg/ml (a) Ethanol extract or (b) Ethyl acetate extract. Normal represents HepG2 cells without any treatment; control represents HepG2 cells treated with 2.0 µg/ml dexamethasone (a drug that causes insulin resistance in HepG2 cells); Metformin represents HepG2 cells exposed to metformin (a drug that is commonly prescribed to diabetic patients for reducing blood sugar levels) at 1 mmol/L. Compare with normal group, *p < .05, **p < .01; compare with control group, #p < .05, ##p < .01