Figure 4.

The concentrations of (a) triglyceride (TG) and (b) total cholesterol (TC) and the activities of (C) acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) and (d) fatty acid synthase (FAS) in the liver of rats fed with G. lucidum supplement high-cholesterol diets

After treatment of G. lucidum supplement diets for 5 weeks, the rats were sacrificed to isolate the liver samples for the detection of TG, TC, FAS and ACC as described in Materials and methods. Results are expressed as mean ± SEM for each group of rats (n = 8). ^#p < 0.05 compared with the normal control (NC); *p < 0.05 compared with diabetic control (DC).