Table 4.

Protein, lipid, and glycogen composition of livers from rats fed Thr-deficient diets

Dietary Thr	Liver Protein, % liver dry wt	Liver Lipid, % liver dry wt	Liver Glycogen, % liver dry wt	Liver Mitochondrial Protein, mg/100 g body wt	Heart Mitochondrial Protein, mg/100 g body wt
Chow	61.3	24.1	14.6	106	1.17
0.88%	62.1	23.5	14.4	103	ND
0.36%	63.1	22.3	14.6	89*	0.93
0.18%	62.9	20.1*	17.0	75*	0.87
0.00%	63.9	17.5*	18.6	64*	ND

These parameters were evaluated at day 9 of the diet. The values were the mean of at least 3 experiments with SD ≤10%.

^*Significantly different from the values obtained with either chow or 0.88% Thr. ND, not determined.