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Table 2 Effects of exogenously introduced SCFAs on the activities associated with lipids metabolism in liver and longissimus dorsi of GF pigs a

From: Short-chain fatty acids can improve lipid and glucose metabolism independently of the pig gut microbiota

Items

GF

FA

P-value

Liver

 CPT-1, U/mg protein

192.40 ± 3.58

191.6 ± 7.27

0.92

 LPL, U/mg protein

0.75 ± 0.02

0.73 ± 0.10

0.86

 HL, U/mg protein

0.77 ± 0.11

0.78 ± 0.06

0.97

 MDH, U/mg protein

43.56 ± 3.93

41.62 ± 2.48

0.68

Longissimus dorsi

 CPT-1, U/mg protein

197.70 ± 5.92

209.90 ± 1.91

0.08

 LPL, U/mg protein

0.66 ± 0.26

0.34 ± 0.05

0.28

 HL, U/mg protein

0.48 ± 0.05

0.39 ± 0.04

0.21

 MDH, U/mg protein

4.08 ± 0.32

3.41 ± 0.16

0.10

  1. a GF germ-free, FA short-chain fatty acids, CPT-1 carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1, LPL lipoprotein lipase, HL hepatic lipase, MDH malate dehydrogenase. Values are means ± SEMs, n = 6/group
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Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

ISSN: 2049-1891