Potential Effects of Antioxidant and Serum Cholesterol-Lowering Effects of Gynura bicolor Water Extracts in Syrian Hamster

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Effects of the GBWE on HMG-CoA reductase, ACAT, and LCAT protein levels in Syrian hamsters fed an HFD. The values are presented as the means ± standard deviations from four to five repeats. Groups with different letters (A, B, and C) in the same column are significantly different, as demonstrated by Duncan’s test (). GBWE, G. bicolor water extract; ND, normal diet; HFD, high-fat diet; GBWE-L, 0.4 g/kg body weight GBWE; GBWE-H, 0.8 g/kg body weight GBWE; HMG-CoA reductase, 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-coenzyme A reductase; LCAT, lectin-cholesterol acetyltransferase; ACAT, acyl-coenzyme A:cholesterol acyltransferase.

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