. 2014 Aug 27;3:474. doi: 10.1186/2193-1801-3-474

Table 3.

Effects of oral administration of IFNT on concentrations of amino acids, glucose, lipids and hormones in the plasma of ZDF rats

Metabolites or hormones in plasma	Oral IFNT dose (μg/kg BW/day)
Metabolites or hormones in plasma	0	4	8	Pooled SEM
Arginine, μM	110^a	115^a	149^b	5.0
Valine, μM	219^a	201^a	172^b	6.2
Isoleucine, μM	208^a	206^a	178^b	5.1
Leucine, μM	245^a	233^a	196^b	7.0
Glucose, mM	24.5^a	23.8^a	21.9^b	0.3
Free fatty acids, mM	1.6^a	1.53^a	1.34^b	0.04
Triacylglycerol, mM	6.05^a	5.9^a	5.17^b	0.14
Total cholesterol, mM	5.18^a	4.94^a	4.23^b	0.15
Insulin, pM	307	294	301	5.3
Adiponectin, mg/L	2.78	2.94	2.64	0.06
Leptin, μg/L	19.6^a	19.3^a	13.7^b	0.87

Adapted from Tekwe et al. (2013). Plasma samples were obtained from 12-week-old rats. Values are the means, n = 6 per treatment. ^a-bMeans in a row without a common superscript letter differ (P < 0.05), as analyzed by one-way ANOVA.