Research Article

The Combination of Resveratrol and Quercetin Attenuates Metabolic Syndrome in Rats by Modifying the Serum Fatty Acid Composition and by Upregulating SIRT 1 and SIRT 2 Expression in White Adipose Tissue

Table 3

Effect of RSV + QRC administration on seric fatty acid (FA) composition from control and MetS rats.

FA %ControlMetS
Without treatmentRSV 10 + QRC 0.19 mg/kg/dayRSV 50 + QRC 0.95 mg/kg/dayWithout treatmentRSV 10 + QRC 0.19 mg/kg/dayRSV 50 + QRC 0.95 mg/kg/day

Palmitic acid32.7 ± 0.931.7 ± 0.632.1 ± 1.233.5 ± 0.632.7 ± 1.132.2 ± 1.2
Palmitoleic acid4.3 ± 0.75.6 ± 1.14.5 ± 0.86.7 ± 0.36.2 ± 0.57.3 ± 0.6
Stearic acid22.2 ± 0.922.8 ± 0.922.6 ± 1.119.4 ± 1.119.5 ± 1.019.8 ± 0.5
Oleic acid14.3 ± 1.113.5 ± 0.613.3 ± 0.721.9 ± 1.322.1 ± 0.417.7 ± 1.1
Linoleic acid13.6 ± 0.812.6 ± 0.814.1 ± 0.910.5 ± 1.211.3 ± 0.710.3 ± 0.5
-linoleic acid 0.3 ± 0.030.9 ± 0.40.4 ± 0.10.8 ± 0.30.5 ± 0.10.3 ± 0.1
Dihomo--linoleic acid1.2 ± 0.50.6 ± 0.10.6 ± 0.20.7 ± 0.40.4 ± 0.050.8 ± 0.4
Arachidonic acid5.5 ± 1.110.7 ± 1.112.1 ± 0.96.7 ± 0.97.9 ± 0.67.3 ± 0.4
SFA59.9 ± 1.455.9 ± 2.054.7 ± 1.754.0 ± 1.552.3 ± 1.552.7 ± 1.7
MUFA17.8 ± 1.019.0 ± 1.417.8 ± 0.828.6 ± 1.627.6 ± 0.525.6 ± 1.4
PUFA20.3 ± 1.623.5 ± 1.227.2 ± 1.615.3 ± 0.820.1 ± 1.219.2 ± 0.5

SFA: saturated fatty acid, MUFA: monounsaturated fatty acid, and PUFA: polyunsaturated fatty acid. Data are mean ± SEM. ; MetS without treatment versus control without treatment; against same group without treatment; versus same group with different dose.