Research Article

Efficacy of Hot Tea Infusion vs. Ethanolic Extract of Moringa oleifera for the Simultaneous Treatment of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver, Hyperlipidemia, and Hyperglycemia in a Murine Model Fed with a High-Fat Diet

Table 6

Locomotor activity evaluation according to the groups studied.

ParametersHealthy (n = 11)NAFLD-placebo(n = 11)NAFLD-MO ethanolic extract (n = 11)NAFLD-MO infusion (n = 11) ANOVA

Number of rotations8.85 ± 2.59.1 ± 3.012.58 ± 4.415.00 ± 4.7b,d0.003
Number of falls17.07 ± 3.7a21.91 ± 3.116.58 ± 3.2c16.25 ± 2.2d<0.001
Anxiety-like behavior index0.86 ± 0.090.86 ± 0.110.84 ± 0.180.68 ± 0.18b,d,e<0.001

All values are expressed as mean ± SEM; the differences of Tukey’s post hoc analysis are marked when they are significant: a, healthy vs. NAFLD-placebo, b, healthy vs. NAFLD-MO infusion, c, NAFLD-placebo vs. NAFLD-MO ethanolic extract, d, NAFLD-placebo vs. NAFLD-MO infusion, and e, NAFLD-MO ethanolic extract vs. NAFLD-MO infusion (n = 11 per group).