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Table 6 Effects of the diets on activities of hepatic enzymes involved in lipid metabolism (Exp.2)

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

4.67

±

0.99

2.40

±

0.58*

  Malic enzyme

15.7

±

2.7

9.70

±

1.03

  Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase

8.51

±

1.43

4.12

±

0.50

  Phosphatidate phosphohydrolase

5.91

±

0.32

4.82

±

0.20*

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

      

  Carnintine palmitoyltransferase

      

  In the liver

2.12

±

0.42

2.36

±

0.58

  In brown adipose tissue

5.95

±

0.86

4.55

±

1.16

  1. Data are mean ± SE (n = 6-7).
  2. *Significantly different from the control group at p < 0.05.