Evaluation of the In Vivo and In Vitro Effects of Fructose on Respiratory Chain Complexes in Tissues of Young Rats

Table 2

In vitro effect of fructose on respiratory chain complex I-III in liver and complexes II and II-III in skeletal muscle of rats.

	Control	Fructose 1 mM	Fructose 5 mM
Complex I-III (liver)	4.17 ± 0.62	5.42 ± 0.38	4.05 ± 0.54
Complex II (skeletal muscle)	7.86 ± 0.26	7.82 ± 0.36	6.4 ± 0.85
Complex II-III (skeletal muscle)	4.56 ± 0.48	3.72 ± 0.63	3.31 ± 0.77

Values are mean ± standard error of mean for six independent experiments (animals) per group measured in the presence or absence of fructose. Data were expressed as nmol⋅min⁻¹⋅mg protein⁻¹. No significant differences were detected between groups (ANOVA).