Table 2 Body weight, food intake and the weight of liver, gastrocnemius and biceps femoris in mice.

From: Upregulation of skeletal muscle PGC-1α through the elevation of cyclic AMP levels by Cyanidin-3-glucoside enhances exercise performance

 

No exercise

Swimming

Control

Cy3G

Initial body weight (g)

28.7 ± 1.3

28.2 ± 1.4

28.5 ± 0.8

Final body weight (g)

30.7 ± 1.2

31.6 ± 2.0

32.5 ± 1.7

Food intake (g/day)

3.67 ± 0.12

3.67 ± 0.22

3.79 ± 0.16

Liver (g)

1.19 ± 0.04

1.18 ± 0.04

1.29 ± 0.04**,##

Gastrocnemius (g)

0.22 ± 0.03

0.23 ± 0.02

0.29 ± 0.04*,#

Biceps femoris (g)

0.26 ± 0.03

0.34 ± 0.0**

0.56 ± 0.02**,##

  1. Values are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation. *P ≤ 0.05 and **P ≤ 0.01 indicate a significant difference from the no exercise group. #P ≤ 0.05 and ##P ≤ 0.01 indicate a significant difference from the control group.
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