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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 23.
Published in final edited form as: Peptides. 2010 Jun 25;31(9):1689–1696. doi: 10.1016/j.peptides.2010.06.015

Table 1. Acyl/desacyl ghrelin plasma ratio after intraperitoneal injection of LPS.

Treatmenta Acyl/desacyl ghrelin plasma ratio
0h 2h 5h 7h 24h
Vehicle 1:3 1:3 1:3 1:3 1:4
LPS 1:3 1:5* 1:3 1:2 1:3
a

Overnight fasted rats were injected ip with LPS (100μg/kg body weight) or vehicle (pyrogen-free saline) and acyl and total ghrelin levels were assessed before, and at 2, 5, 7 and 24h post injection. Desacyl ghrelin levels were obtained by calculating the difference between total and acyl ghrelin. The acyl/desacyl ghrelin ratio was calculated from the mean values of 5 rats/group; p < 0.05 vs. vehicle.