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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Nov 19.
Published in final edited form as: Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2022 Sep 14;630:158–166. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2022.09.038

Figure 1. Experimental design.

Figure 1.

Adult male Wistar rats were divided into five groups (n=8 in each); 1) control group fed a standard diet and normal drinking water; 2) low MSG consumption group (L-MSG) fed a standard diet and 0.5 g% MSG in drinking water; 3) medium MSG consumption group (M-MSG) fed a standard diet and 1.5 g% MSG in drinking water; 4) high MSG consumption group (H-MSG) fed a standard diet and 3.0 g% MSG in drinking water; 5) MSG-withdrawal group (W-MSG) fed a standard diet with and without 3.0 g% MSG in drinking water for 4 and 2 consecutive weeks.