Fig. 3
From: Dietary stearic acid regulates mitochondria in vivo in humans
Dietary C18:0 intake activates fatty acid beta-oxidation in vivo. a, b Serum levels of a C18:0-acylcarnitine or b long-chain-fatty-acid-acylcarnitines, markers for reduced fatty-acid beta-oxidation, drop upon dietary intake of C18:0. Note that the non-significant drop at 6 h in both C18:0 and mock conditions can be due to eating lunch after the 3 h timepoint. (n = 21 subjects, error bars = std. dev. *p ≤ 0.05, ***p < 0.001 by t-test.) c, d Serum levels of c C18:0-acylcarnitine or d long-chain-fatty-acid-acylcarnitines, markers for reduced fatty-acid beta-oxidation, anti-correlate with serum C18:0-TAG levels across all subjects, timepoints, and dietary conditions. (n = 21 subjects × 7 timepoints = 147 serum samples)
