Table 1.
Comparison of the changes in physiological and NMR parameters of total water in liver mitochondria induced by tumor development and fasting.
| Body weight loss | Liver to body weight ratio | T1obs | T2obs | |
| Tumor-bearing/Healthy rats (n = 5) | ||||
| Total (n = 22) | -22% (****) | -16% (***) | + 11%(*) | + 6% (NS) |
| T+++ (n = 3) | -23% (****) | -27% (***) | + 36% (*) | + 29% (*) |
| Fasted/Fed rats (n = 6/n = 6) | -8% (*) | -23% (**) | + 26% (**) | + 55% (****) |
Statistical significance (Student's t-test) between groups means:
(*) 0.02 <P < 0.05, (**) 0.01 <P < 0.02, (***) 0.001 <P < 0.01, (****) P < 0.001.