Figure 3: Effect of propranolol on energy expenditure.
From: Low protein diets produce divergent effects on energy balance
Obesity-prone rats were fed either a control (15% protein; 15P), moderately low protein (10% protein; 10P), very low protein (5% protein; 5P) or protein-free (0% protein; 0P) isocaloric diet with injections of saline or propranolol (10 mg/kg; SC). The analyses during the first 8 hours of dark period revealed that there were significant effects of time, drug, dietary treatment (P < 0.001), dietary treatment × time (P = 0.002), drug × time (P < 0.001), dietary treatment × drug (P = 0.026) and dietary treatment × drug × time (P = 0.009) for energy expenditure (EE). Values are mean ± SEM, n = 8. *P < 0.05 saline vs propranolol.
