Table 3.

Effects of SEM on hepatic lipid profiles and liver function.

	NFD	HFD	HFD+SEM
Liver TG (mmol/gprot)	0.16 ± 0.03	0.28 ± 0.09 *	0.13 ± 0.03 #
Liver TC (mmol/gprot)	0.05 ± 0.01	0.04 ± 0.01	0.04 ± 0.01
Liver FFA (μM)	3.15 ± 0.43	4.98 ± 0.21 *	4.17 ± 0.36 *#
Liver β-HB (mM)	0.17 ± 0.01	0.15 ± 0.01 *	0.16 ± 0.01 #
Serum ALT (U/L)	14.00 ± 3.98	83.11 ± 12.63 *	21.76 ± 9.41 #
Serum AST (U/L)	17.16 ± 5.18	32.07 ± 4.68 *	23.09 ± 5.09 #
Liver TNF-α (ng/mL)	0.33 ± 0.03	0.49 ± 0.07 *	0.32 ± 0.04 #
Liver IL-6 (ng/mL)	0.06 ± 0.01	0.10 ± 0.02 *	0.03 ± 0.02 #

All values are presented as mean ± SD (n = 5). * p < 0.05 versus the NFD group; ^# p < 0.05 versus the HFD group.