PPARG and Hepatic fibrosis: Western blotting demonstrated that AS reduced PPARγ protein expression, and its lipid-lowering effect was synergistically enhanced when combined with the PPARγ antagonist GW9662.<h4>Discussion</h4>This is the first study to definitively confirm that AS exerts therapeutic effects on diet-induced MASLD by targeting the PPARγ signaling pathway, thereby reducing hepatic lipid deposition, alleviating inflammation, and ameliorating liver fibrosis progression.