Figure 5.

Plasma markers of inflammation: lipopolysaccharide (LPS) (A), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) (B), haptoglobin (C), with representative western blot, normalized to control) and lipocalin (D), with representative western blot, normalized to control) in control (C), fructose (F), control rescue (CR) and fructose rescue (FR) rats. Values are the means ± SEM of eight different rats. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001 compared to respective control (one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey post-test).