. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Sep 21.

Published in final edited form as: Br J Nutr. 2003 Nov;90(5):969–977. doi: 10.1079/bjn2003980

Table 3.

Mitochondrial enzyme activities in gastrocnemius muscle 600 g homogenate from pair-fed (PF), control (CON) and dexamethasone (DEX)-treated rats. (Mean values with their standard deviation for eight rats per group)

Enzymatic activity (nmol/min per mg of protein)	DEX-treated	PF	CON	ANOVA
Citrate Synthase	602 ± 239	653 ±314	538 ±183	NS
Succinate Dehydrogenase	130 ±65	147 ± 63	125 ± 49	NS
NADH-ubiquinone reductase (Complex I)	111±57	99 ±76	85 ±32	NS
Ubiquinol-cytochrome c reductase (Complex III)	382 ± 190	363 ± 208	409 ± 170	NS
Cytochrome c oxidase (Complex IV)	166 ±66	213 ±112	194 ± 84	NS

NS: not significant.

For details of procedures see materials and methods section.