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Table 5 Cell diameter and muscle oxidative stress parameters of rats supplemented with different oils

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 %

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

  1. Results expressed as mean ± standard deviation. Different letters in the same row are statistically different from each other (p < 0.05)