Research Article

Hepatic Mitochondrial Alterations and Increased Oxidative Stress in Nutritional Diabetes-Prone Psammomys obesus Model

Table 3

Effect of dietary treatment on levels in different cytochromes of liver mitochondria from both Psammomys groups.*P < 0.05 versus from control group.

Cytochromes content (pmols/mg protein)
a + a3bc1c

Control 66.1 ± 3.1 184.2 ± 6.0 95.0 ± 9.2 63.2 ± 21.0
Diabetic 51.3 ± 2.8* 219.4 ± 12.0 79.8 ± 7.9 58.2 ± 7.2