Table 2.
Weights of white adipose tissues and skeletal muscles of STZ-diabetic rats after 50 days of treatment with yoghurt enriched with curcumin and carotenoids individually or in mixtures.
| Tissues Weights | Groups | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYOG | DYOG | DINS | DC | DB | DCB | DL | DCL | |
| Epididymal adipose tissue (g) | 4.753 ± 0.478 | 1.226 ± 0.112 (a) | 4.348 ± 0.2588 (b) | 1.873 ± 0.119 (a,b,c) | 1.603 ± 0.262 (a,c) | 2.160 ± 0.140 (a,b,c) | 1.522 ± 0.229 (a,c) | 1.661 ± 0.033 (a,b,c) |
| Retroperitoneal adipose tissue (g) | 4.517 ± 0.304 | 0.611 ± 0.170 (a) | 3.949 ± 0.449 (b) | 1.242 ± 0.180 (a,c) | 0.768 ± 0.276 (a,c) | 1.190 ± 0.136 (a,c) | 0.808 ± 0.248 (a,c) | 1.214 ± 0.186 (a,c) |
| Soleus muscle (g) | 0.155 ± 0.003 | 0.105 ± 0.007 (a) | 0.163 ± 0.004 (b) | 0.137 ± 0.004 (a,b) | 0.109 ± 0.010 (a,c) | 0.134 ± 0.007 (a,b) | 0.107 ± 0.010 (a,c) | 0.120 ± 0.005 (a,b) |
| EDL muscle (g) | 0.151 ± 0.004 | 0.096 ± 0.006 (a) | 0.153 ± 0.005 (b) | 0.121 ± 0.004 (a,b) | 0.095 ± 0.008 (a,c) | 0.118 ± 0.004 (a,b) | 0.093 ± 0.008 (a,c) | 0.115 ± 0.008 (a,b) |
Values are expressed as means ± SEM, n = 10. Differences between groups were considered significant at p < 0.05 and were analyzed with one-way ANOVA followed by Student-Newman-Keuls test. a, different compared to NYOG; b, different compared to DYOG; c, different compared to DINS (p < 0.05).