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 4

Effect of RSV + QRC administration on seric nonesterified fatty acids (NEFAs) composition from control and MetS rats.

NEFAs %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 acid34.9 ± 1.332.5 ± 1.433.6 ± 0.933.6 ± 0.832.8 ± 0.933.6 ± 0.7
Palmitoleic acid6.2 ± 0.95.3 ± 0.85.1 ± 0.913.1 ± 0.811.6 ± 0.510.9 ± 0.5
Stearic acid22.2 ± 0.524.1 ± 0.723.1 ± 0.816.2 ± 0.519.2 ± 1.119.8 ± 0.5
Oleic acid17.8 ± 1.019.4 ± 1.018.6 ± 0.922.5 ± 0.923.0 ± 0.521.9 ± 0.5
Linoleic acid13.7 ± 1.414.3 ± 0.613.9 ± 0.98.8 ± 0.38.1 ± 0.49.0 ± 0.4
-linoleic acid1.3 ± 0.21.4 ± 0.31.4 ± 0.31.6 ± 0.31.1 ± 0.21.2 ± 0.3
Dihomo--linoleic acid0.7 ± 0.080.8 ± 0.10.6 ± 0.070.5 ± 0.10.4 ± 0.050.6 ± 0.07
Arachidonic acid3.1 ± 0.52.4 ± 0.23.9 ± 0.42.1 ± 0.33.1 ± 0.72.5 ± 0.3
SFA57.2 ± 1.656.7 ± 1.656.7 ± 0.949.8 ± 0.952.0 ± 1.0553.4 ± 1.1
MUFA22.6 ± 1.424.6 ± 1.123.7 ± 0.636.2 ± 0.934.3 ± 0.632.4 ± 0.8
PUFA17.6 ± 0.918.7 ± 0.619.8 ± 1.313.5 ± 0.713.7 ± 1.114.1 ± 1.1

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