Nutrition & Metabolism

Table 4 Concentrations of free and acetyl-carnitine in plasma and tissues of pigs in experiment 2

From: The carnitine status does not affect the contractile and metabolic phenotype of skeletal muscle in pigs

	Treatment				ANOVA (P-value)
	CON n = 12	CARN n = 12	PIV n = 12	CARN + PIV n = 12	CARN	PIV	Interaction
Plasma, μmol/L
free	5.9 ± 0.9^b	15.8 ± 3.8^a	2.4 ± 1.0^c	7.8 ± 2.8^b	0.001	0.001	0.003
acetyl	0.74 ± 0.14^b	1.87 ± 0.59^a	0.35 ± 0.12^c	0.94 ± 0.31^b	0.001	0.001	0.009
Liver, nmol/g wet tissue
free	61.2 ± 12.0^bc	119.3 ± 23.2^a	25.9 ± 8.9^c	74.5 ± 30.7^b	0.001	0.001	n.s.
acetyl	1.04 ± 0.85^bc	3.42 ± 1.83^a	0.42 ± 0.55^c	1.83 ± 1.47^b	0.001	0.004	n.s.
LD muscle, nmol/g wet tissue
free	456 ± 132^c	1095 ± 225^a	213 ± 62^d	609 ± 173^b	0.001	0.001	0.011
acetyl	296 ± 57^b	440 ± 83^a	167 ± 33^c	303 ± 78^b	0.001	0.001	n.s.
BF muscle, nmol/g wet tissue
free	429 ± 93^c	1034 ± 207^a	231 ± 64^d	547 ± 130^b	0.001	0.001	0.001
acetyl	255 ± 44^b	459 ± 63^a	118 ± 34^c	262 ± 65^b	0.001	0.001	n.s.

Data are means ± SD. Abbreviations: CON, control group; CARN, carnitine group; PIV, pivalate group; CARN + PIV, carnitine + pivalate group. ^{a, b, c, d}Values with different superscript letters differ, P < 0.05

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