From: Incorporation and effects of punicic acid on muscle and adipose tissues of rats
Parameters | Control | LNA 1 % | LNA 2 % | LNA 4 % | CLNA 1 % | CLNA 2 % | CLNA 4 % |
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Epididymal cells | |||||||
Diameter (μm) | 70 ± 8.0c | 76 ± 1.6bc | 78 ± 9.0bc | 84 ± 4.6ab | 83 ± 3.3ab | 88 ± 5.9a | 90 ± 1.6a |
Cellularity | 7.1 × 10-9 ab | 7.6 × 10-9 a | 6.1 × 10-9 abc | 5.3 × 10-9 c | 5.3 × 10-9 c | 4.9 × 10-9 c | 5.7 × 10-9 bc |
Muscle fibers | |||||||
Average area (μm2) | 1841 ± 149 | 2028 ± 311 | 2070 ± 155 | 1668 ± 70 | 1625 ± 64 | 1826 ± 312 | 1828 ± 145 |
Diameter (μm) | 60 ± 2.4 | 66 ± 6.6 | 65 ± 5.2 | 57 ± 1.5 | 58 ± 2.4 | 60 ± 4.9 | 63 ± 3.2 |
Muscle tissue | |||||||
TBARS (nmol MDA/mg) | 3.2 ± 1.2 | 3.2 ± 0.8 | 2.2 ± 0.3 | 1.2 ± 0.6 | 3.0 ± 0.7 | 3.3 ± 0.8 | 2.6 ± 0.7 |
SOD (U/mg) | 6.0 ± 0.6a | 5.0 ± 0.6ab | 5.5 ± 0.9ab | 4.6 ± 0.6b | 4.6 ± 0.6b | 4.4 ± 0.6b | 4.8 ± 0.8b |
CAT (U/mg) | 1.9 ± 0.5 | 1.7 ± 0.4 | 2.1 ± 0.5 | 1.5 ± 0.3 | 1.6 ± 0.3 | 1.8 ± 0.4 | 1.5 ± 0.4 |
GPx (U/mg) | 0.07 ± 0.02 | 0.05 ± 0.01 | 0.06 ± 0.02 | 0.05 ± 0.02 | 0.06 ± 0.01 | 0.05 ± 0.01 | 0.06 ± 0.02 |