Figure 3.

Effect of the treatment for 1 month (from 6 to 7 months of age) with RSV/QSC on the endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) expression in aorta homogenates after exposure to sucrose for a short- (SSP) and long- (MS) term period. A representative Western blot image is shown. Data represent the mean ± SEM of five different rats from each group. # p < 0.01; & p < 0.05 against C group without treatment; * p < 0.05 against SSP group with same treatment (after one-way ANOVA). Abbreviations: C = control; C+ = control treated with polyphenols; MS = metabolic syndrome; MS+ = metabolic syndrome treated with polyphenols; SSP = short sucrose period; SSP+ = short sucrose period treated with polyphenols.