Research Paper Volume 16, Issue 7 pp 6147—6162

Poria cocos polysaccharides improve alcoholic liver disease by interfering with ferroptosis through NRF2 regulation

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Figure 3. Effects of Poria cocos polysaccharides (PCPs) on oxidative stress and ferroptosis in alcoholic liver disease (ALD) rats. After the intervention of PCP (100 mg/kg), compared with the ALD group and the ALD+ML385 group, the malondialdehyde (MDA) and Fe2+ levels of the rats were significantly reduced (P<0.01), and superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione (GSH) were significantly increased (P<0.01). After intervention with PCP as well as Fer-1, MDA and Fe2+ in rats were significantly reduced (P<0.01), and SOD (P<0.01) and GSH (P<0.05) were significantly increased, indicating that PCP can improve oxidative stress by regulating ferroptosis. The reported values are presented as mean ± SD, n = 8. *P<0.05, ***P<0.01, compared with the control group. #P < 0.05, ###P < 0.01, compared with the ALD group; xP < 0.05, xxxP < 0.01, compared with the ML385 group.