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Table 3 Enzyme activities in adipose tissue and skeletal muscle of rats from control and quercetin-treated groups

From: Quercetin can reduce insulin resistance without decreasing adipose tissue and skeletal muscle fat accumulation

 

Control

Quercetin

P

Adipose tissue

 G6PDH (nmol/min/g tissue)

84.5 ± 18.0

62.6 ± 9.9

NS

 ME (nmol/min/g tissue)

55.6 ± 5.7

56.9 ± 6.3

NS

 FAS (nmol/min/g tissue)

12.1 ± 1.2

10.5 ± 1.5

NS

 HR-LPL (nmol/min/g tissue)

7.0 ± 0.9

8.4 ± 0.9

NS

Skeletal muscle

 CPT-1b (nmol/min/mg protein)

3.7 ± 1.0

4.7 ± 1.4

NS

 CS (nmol/min/mg protein)

34.6 ± 5.4

42.7 ± 5.5

NS

  1. Values are mean ± SEM (n = 9 per group). Differences between groups were determined by Student’s t test. Statistical significance was set at the P < 0.05 level
  2. G6PDH glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, ME malic enzyme, FAS fatty acid synthase, HR-LPL heparin-releasable lipoprotein lipase, CPT-1b carnitine palmitoyl transferase-1b, CS citrate synthase, NS not significant
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