Research Article

Anti-Inflammatory and Antioxidant Actions of Methyl Jasmonate Are Associated with Metabolic Modifications in the Liver of Arthritic Rats

Figure 5

Effects of methyl jasmonate treatment on liver glycolysis and oxygen uptake. Control and arthritic rats were treated with MeJA at a dose of 300 mg·kg−1, as described in Section 2.3. Livers from 12 h fasted rats were perfused with Krebs/Henseleit bicarbonate buffer and 20 mM glucose as indicated by the horizontal bar. The effluent perfusate was sampled in 2 min intervals and analyzed for lactate and pyruvate. Oxygen uptake was monitored by polarography. Data are obtained with 4 animals.