Effect of Diet and Exercise on the Peripheral Immune System in Young Balb/c Mice

Figure 6

Carbonylated proteins in lymphocytes of peripheral blood. Protein carbonyl groups were detected and quantified using 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (DNPH). Regarding the sedentary and exercised mice, higher concentrations of carbonylated proteins were found in groups with the modified diets than the standard diet, and the highest levels existed in the animals with carbohydrate-rich diet. No differences were observed when comparing the sedentary groups with the exercised groups (Bonferroni test , ). Data are expressed as the mean ± SD ( per treatment group).