Differential effect of corn oil-based low trans structured fat on the plasma and hepatic lipid profile in an atherogenic mouse model: comparison to hydrogenated trans fat

Table 5 Effect of supplementation of a hydrogenated trans fat and a corn-oil based low trans structured fat on the enzyme activities related to the hepatic fatty acid metabolism in apo E^-^/^- mice.

	CS	LC
Fatty acid synthesis
G6PD (nmol/min/mg protein)	24.90 ± 2.74	7.42 ± 0.30^***
ME (nmol/min/mg protein)	217.4 ± 18.64	126.58 ± 15.32^**
Fatty acid oxidation
β-oxidation (μmol/min/mg protein)	0.43 ± 0.08	5.42 ± 1.13^*
CPT (nmol/min/mg protein)	19.86 ± 1.42	27.09 ± 1.56^**

Data are mean ± S.E. (n = 10). Values are significantly different from the CS group according to Student's t test: *P < .05, **P < .01, ***P < .001. G6PD, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase; ME, malic enzyme; CPT, carnitine palmitoyl transferase.
CS, commercial shortening; LC, low trans structured fat from corn oil

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