Table 1.
Body and hindlimb muscle weights of adult and old mice from two C57BL strains.
| C57BL Strain |
Age (mo) |
Curcumin Treatment (6 mo) |
BW (g) |
Soleus Weight (mg) |
Soleus MW/BW | EDL Weight (mg) |
EDL MW/BW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6J | |||||||
| (n = 8) | 6 | - | 30.9 ± 1.3 | 8.9 ± 0.5 | 0.28 ± 0.01 | 10.0 ± 0.5 | 0.34 ± 0.02 |
| (n = 10) | 24 | - | 33.1 ± 0.6 | 8.6 ± 0.4 | 0.25 ± 0.01 | 11.4 ± 0.4 | 0.34 ± 0.01 |
| (n = 8) | 24 | + | 32.9 ± 0.5 | 8.7 ± 0.3 | 0.26 ± 0.01 | 11.8 ± 0.7 | 0.34 ± 0.02 |
| 10ScSn | |||||||
| (n = 9) | 6 | - | 31.8 ± 1.5 | 8.3 ± 0.1 | 0.28 ± 0.01 | 10.3 ± 0.3 | 0.30 ± 0.01 |
| (n = 8) | 24 | - | 35.4 ± 1.6 | 6.9 ± 0.5 | 0.19 ± 0.01 ** | 9.0 ± 0.2 * | 0.25 ± 0.01 * |
| (n = 9) | 24 | + | 32.4 ± 0.5 | 8.1 ± 0.5 | 0.24 ± 0.01 | 9.7 ± 0.3 | 0.29 ± 0.01 |
NOVA ** ≤ 0.01 vs. all; * ≤ 0.04 vs. all.