Besides, recent studies also indicated that onion significantly ameliorated hepatic steatosis, ballooning, and lobular and portal inflammation in SD rats and decreased the serum levels of alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), TG, insulin, glucose, and the level of TNF-α in hepatocytes [105, 106]. The gene discussed is TNF; the disease is fatty liver disease.