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. 2017 Apr 4;7:45728. doi: 10.1038/srep45728

Table 1. Effects of sesamol treatment on the bioenergetic parameters in HepG2 cells.

  Oxygen consumption rates (pmol/min)
Control sesamol rapamycin sesamol + rapamycin
Basal respiration 175 ± 4 152 ± 12* 193 ± 5** 162 ± 10
OXPHOS-induced respiration 148 ± 4 133 ± 12 162 ± 5** 136 ± 10
H+ leak-induced respiration 26 ± 10 19 ± 5 30 ± 9 26 ± 6
Maximal respiratory capacity 365 ± 10 317 ± 11** 410 ± 3** 378 ± 33##
Nonmitochondrial respiration 75 ± 9 83 ± 12 85 ± 2 87 ± 6
Reserve capacity 190 ± 10 165 ± 11 217 ± 3 216 ± 33

Assay conditions as described in the Methods and Materials. *p ≤ 0.05, **p ≤ 0.01 versus control group. ##p ≤ 0.01 versus Sesamol group.