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Table 3 Effects of the diets on activities of hepatic enzymes involved in lipid metabolism (Exp.1)

From: Hypolipidemic potential of squid homogenate irrespective of a relatively high content of cholesterol

 

Control

Squid

Lipogenic enzyme (nmol/min/mg protein)

      

  Fatty acid synthase

7.69

±

1.73

4.12

±

1.58

  Malic enzyme

16.5

±

2.9

8.9

±

1.7*

  Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase

25.2

±

3.6

11.6

±

2.7*

  Phosphatidate phosphohydrolase

43.7

±

9.04

22.3

±

2.85*

Fatty acid-oxidizing enzyme (nmol/min/mg protein)

      

  Carnintine palmitoyltransferase

      

  In the liver

2.88

±

0.33

2.25

±

0.28

  In brown adipose tissue

7.52

±

0.85

8.01

±

0.79

  1. *Significantly different from the control group at p < 0.05.