Cyanidin and malvidin in aqueous extracts of black carrots fermented with Aspergillus oryzae prevent the impairment of energy, lipid and glucose metabolism in estrogen-deficient rats by AMPK activation

Table 6 Triglyceride levels in the liver and skeletal muscles

	OVX-CON	OVX-BC	OVX-BCLP	OVX-BCAO	Sham-CON
Hepatic triglycerides (mg/g tissue)	1.05 ± 0.14^a	0.88 ± 0.10^b	0.77 ± 0.10^b	0.63 ± 0.09^c	0.72 ± 0.10^‡
Triglyceride in the gas muscle (mg/g tissue)	1.31 ± 0.19^a	1.12 ± 0.17^a,b	1.07 ± 0.14^b	0.95 ± 0.13^b,*	0.78 ± 0.22^‡
Triglyceride in the quadriceps muscle (mg/g tissue)	2.87 ± 0.32^a	2.62 ± 0.35^a,b	2.27 ± 0.36^b	2.07 ± 0.27^b,*	1.85 ± 0.24^‡

OVX-CON, OVX rats fed a high-fat diet (HFD) with 2 % dextrin; BC, OVX rats fed HFD with 2 % lyophilized water extracts of black carrot; BCAO, 2 % lyophilized water extract of black carrot fermented with Asperillus oryzae; BCLP, OVX rats fed HFD with 2 % lyophilized water extract of black carrot fermented with Lactobacillus plantarum; Sham-CON, Sham rats fed a high-fat diet (HFD) with 2 % dextrin
Mean ± standard deviation (n = 10)
^‡Significantly different from the OVX-CON by two-sampled t test at P < 0.05
^a,bValues in the same column with different superscripts were significantly different by Tukey’s test at P < 0.05

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