Table 5.

Activity of medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase and citrate synthase in the heart

Enzyme activities	STC	STC + S	FAT	FAT + S	FRU	FRU + S	SUC	SUC + S
MCAD activity (μmol/min/g)	14.5 ± 0.9	11.4 ± 0.7*,†	12.1 ± 0.4	8.2 ± 0.6*	14.2 ± 0.50	10.1 ± 0.7*	14.2 ± 0.5	10.4 ± 0.8*
CS activity (μmol/min/g)	153 ± 6	137 ± 6*	150 ± 2	140 ± 4	156 ± 3	133 ± 6*	150 ± 5	131 ± 10*
MCAD/CS activity	0.094 ± 0.003	0.083 ± 0.002*	0.081 ± 0.002‡	0.059 ± 0.007*,§	0.091 ± 0.002	0.075 ± 0.003*	0.094 ± 0.003	0.079 ± 0.002*

Values are means ± SEM. CS, citrate synthase; FAT, fat; FRU, fructose; MCAD, medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase; S, salt; STC, starch; SUC, sucrose.

^*P <0.05 vs. same diet with low salt.

^†P <0.05 vs. FAT + S.

^‡P <0.05 vs. all other low-salt diets.

^§P <0.05 vs. all other high-salt diets.