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From: Bitter melon extract attenuating hepatic steatosis may be mediated by FGF21 and AMPK/Sirt1 signaling in mice

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Effects of BM extract on body weight, food intake, body composition and FCR in mice fed a HFD.

Two groups of mice were fed a HFD with or without BM-V for 12 weeks. Body weight and food intake are shown in panels (A) and (B), respectively. Body composition was measured as described in the methods. (C) Fat mass (FM) (% of body weight), (D) free fat mass (FFM) (% of body weight). (E) FCR results which were calculated as mass of the food eaten divided by the body mass gain over one week. The actual food intakes were presented as mean food intake/g/mouse/week (Fig. 1 F). Mean ± SEM (n = 10/group). Asterisk symbol stands for statistical comparison of BM-V group vs. HFD group; * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01 and *** P < 0.001. # P < 0.05 and ## P < 0.01, Wk 0 vs. Wk12 in the HFD group.

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