Table 1. List of primer sequences used for quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction.

Target genes	Primer sequences (5’-3’)	TA (°C)	NCBI accession number or references
18S rRNA	F: CTC AAC ACG GGA AAC CTC AC R: CGC TCC ACC AAC TAA GAA CG	58	Lin et al. (2016)
AMPK	F: GGC AGA AGT ATG TAG AGC AAT CA R: GAG TAA GTG CTT GTC ACA GGA T	60	NM_001355028.1
HMGCR	F: CCC AGT TGT GCG TCT TCC A R: TTC GAG CCA GGC TTT CAC TT	60	XM_011543359.1

F, forward primer; R, reverse primer.