APOC3 and metabolic syndrome: Furthermore, this study was in line with the study carried out by Qiu et al. [52], who reported that red clover extract containing biochanin A and formononetin ameliorated dyslipidemia in streptozotocin-induced diabetic C57BL/6 mice by activating hepatic PPARα as well as significantly downregulating hepatic APOC3 expression.