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Table 7.

Relative mRNA expression levels of lipid metabolic genes in skeletal muscle of Xiangcun black finishing pigs fed the diets with various levels of mulberry powder.

Item	Mulberry inclusion level, %					SEM	P-value
Item	0	3	6	9	12	SEM	ANOVA	Linear	Quadratic
Longissimus dorsi muscle
HSL	1.13^a	1.03^a	0.77^ab	1.05^a	0.65^b	0.13	0.05	0.03	0.09
ACCα	1.20^a	0.87^ab	0.65^b	0.86^ab	0.51^b	0.13	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01
LPL	1.09^a	0.96^ab	0.63^b	0.81^ab	0.61^b	0.14	0.08	0.01	0.04
PPARγ	1.13^a	0.84^ab	0.63^bc	0.78^bc	0.44^c	0.11	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01
FATP1	1.10	1.04	0.77	0.98	0.78	0.13	0.26	0.09	0.23
Biceps femoris muscle
HSL	1.14	1.03	1.20	1.40	1.32	0.12	0.26	0.07	0.19
ACCα	1.05	0.91	0.93	1.00	1.16	0.15	0.76	0.48	0.38
LPL	1.07	0.72	0.81	0.83	0.91	0.13	0.44	0.65	0.26
PPARγ	1.02^b	1.04^b	0.98^b	0.99^b	1.54^a	0.15	0.05	0.05	0.02
FATP1	1.54^a	0.69^b	0.78^b	1.42^a	0.69^b	0.12	<0.01	0.08	0.10

HSL = hormone-sensitive lipase; ACCα = acetyl CoA carboxylase α; LPL = lipoprotein lipase; PPARγ = peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ; FATP1 = fatty acid transport protein 1.

^{a, b, c} Within a row, values with different superscript letters differ (P < 0.05). n = 6.