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Table 1 Blood metabolic parameters in mice

From: The effect of Katsura-uri (Japanese pickling melon, Cucumis melo var. conomon) and its derived ingredient methylthioacetic acid on energy metabolism during aerobic exercise

 

Sedentary

Exercise

Control

MTA-25

MTA-250

Blood glucose (mg/dL)

6.6 ± 0.7

7.8 ± 1.4

7.5 ± 2.0

6.7 ± 1.0

Plasma NEFA (mM)

880 ± 281

916 ± 360

883 ± 529

889 ± 268

Blood ammonia (μM)

110 ± 43

135 ± 37

125 ± 68

107 ± 33

Blood lactate (mM)

–

3.2 ± 1.2

2.5 ± 0.7

2.1 ± 0.3#

  1. Values are presented as mean ± SD. Control, exercise group administered water.
  2. MTA-25 exercise group receiving 25 ppm MTA supplementation, MTA-250 exercise group receiving 250 ppm MTA supplementation, MTA methylthioacetic acid.
  3. #P < 0.05 vs. control.
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