Table 3.
Mitochondrial Enzyme Activity
| Enzymatic activity (μmol/min/g) | Experimental group |
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| VML | AIC | PIO | FOR | SIL | OWA p-value | |
| Citrate synthase | 429.0 ± 141.9 | 494.7 ± 92.9 | 356.1 ± 104.6 | 323.6 ± 135.0a | 353.2 ± 78.8 | 0.0070 |
| Succinate dehydrogenase | 6.96 ± 2.98 | 8.14 ± 4.07 | 7.71 ± 3.98 | 8.64 ± 4.44 | 12.21 ± 3.96a | 0.0163 |
| β-Hydroxyacyl CoA Dehydrogenase | 32.07 ± 13.02 | 30.94 ± 8.19 | 39.32 ± 10.99 | 45.17 ± 14.12a | 0.078 ± 0.012 | 0.0294 |
| Complex I | 17.88 ± 2.87 | 23.51 ± 3.03 | 19.72 ± 4.13 | 23.57 ± 6.47a | 17.09 ± 3.51 | 0.0010 |
| Complex II | 57.49 ± 26.70 | 42.11 ± 6.33 | 60.93 ± 17.61 | 83.47 ± 28.93a | 62.29 ± 18.94 | 0.0032 |
Enzymatic activity normalized to citrate synthase activity as a measure of mitochondrial content. Enzymatic activity is represented as micromoles of product generated per minute per gram of protein. Values are mean ± SD.
a
Different from VML.