Research Article

Maternal High-Fat Diet during Pregnancy and Lactation Influences Obestatin and Ghrelin Concentrations in Milk and Plasma of Wistar Rat Dams and Their Offspring

Table 4

Correlations between obestatin and ghrelin in blood plasma and milk of rat dams (a) and plasma of neonates (b).
(a)

PregnancyLactation
14th d14th d21st d
BDHFBDHFBDHF

Dam plasma obestatin versus ghrelin

Milk obestatin versus ghrelin

BD: females fed with standard breeding diet during pregnancy and lactation; HF: female rats fed with high-fat diet during pregnancy and lactation; , .
(b)

1st d14th d21st d
BDOHFOBDOHFOBDOHFO

Newborns plasma obestatin versus ghrelin

BDO: pups from females fed with standard breeding diet during pregnancy and lactation; HFO: pups from females fed with high-fat diet during pregnancy and lactation.