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Table 2 Muscle 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

Glycogen content (μg/g)

40.0 ± 11.0

33.7 ± 7.5

29.9 ± 11.3

26.4 ± 7.8*

CPTI activity (nmol/mg prot.)

4.9 ± 1.0

5.2 ± 0.9

4.9 ± 1.3

5.4 ± 0.9

SDH activity (μmol/mg prot.)

27.4 ± 15.2

21.3 ± 14.9

27.9 ± 13.4

29.4 ± 23.2

PDH activity (OD change/15 min)

0.067 ± 0.026

0.078 ± 0.003

0.068 ± 0.024

0.066 ± 0.035

  1. Values are presented as mean ± SD.
  2. Control exercise group administered water, MTA-25 exercise group receiving 25 ppm MTA supplementation, MTA-250 exercise group receiving 250 ppm MTA supplementation, MTA methylthioacetic acid, CPTI carnitine palmitoyltransferase Ι, SDH succinate dehydrogenase, PDH pyruvate dehydrogenase.
  3. * P < 0.05 vs. sedentary.
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