Table 6.
Intramyocardial lipid accumulation and PDHc activity of rats fed a control diet (CD), sucrose-rich diet (SRD) or SRD + chia seed (SRD + chia) at the end of the experimental period 1.
| CD | SRD | SRD+chia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Triglyceride (μmol/g wet tissue) | 3.60 ± 0.22 b | 6.03 ± 0.34 a | 4.44 ± 0.60 b |
| LC ACoA (nmol/g wet tissue) | 31.4 ± 5.5 b | 68.0 ± 4.0 a | 45.8 ± 5.5 b |
| DAG (nmol/g wet tissue) | 250.8 ± 19.5 b | 355.3 ± 15.4 a | 276.6 ± 24.0 b |
| PDHa (% of total PDHc) | 59.7 ± 5.8 a | 26.6 ± 4.6 b | 45.1 ± 4.9 a |
1 Values are expressed as mean ± SEM, n = 6. Values in a line that do not share the same superscript letter (a, b) are significantly different p < 0.05 when one variable at a time was compared by the Newman Keul`s test.