Fig. 3.

Effects of starvation and refeeding with a control diet or a diet containing NaB on the mRNA levels of antioxidant enzymes in the liver of rats

The mRNA levels were quantified by real-time RT-PCR and normalized to Tf2b mRNA abundance. Data are expressed as the means ± SEM for 6–7 rats.

The data were analyzed using the Kruskal-Wallis test, followed by a post hoc Steel-Dwass an multiple comparison among 4 refeeding groups.

a∼c: Different letters indicate significant differences (p < 0.05).