Taurine and tea polyphenols combination ameliorate nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in rats

Table 2 Effect of taurine and/or TPs on liver index in NASH rats

	Nor	Mod	Mod cont	Tau	wsTP	lsTP	Tau + wsTP	Tau + lsTP
Liver index (Mean ± SD)	0.0269 ± 0.0008	0.0331 ± 0.0011^a	0.0335 ± 0.0014^a	0.0285 ± 0.0010^b	0.0291 ± 0.0012^b	0.0302 ± 0.0007	0.0290 ± 0.0011^b	0.0288 ± 0.0015^c
n	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

Nor normal group, Mod model group, Mod cont model control group, Tau taurine treatment group, wsTP water soluble tea polyphenols treatment group, lsTP lipid soluble tea polyphenols treatment group, Tau + wsTP taurine and water soluble tea polyphenols treatment group, Tau + lsTP taurine and lipid soluble tea polyphenols treatment group, n number of surviving rats
^a p < 0.01, compared with Nor; ^b p < 0.01, compared with Mod; ^c p < 0.01, compared with Mod cont

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