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Consumption of Chinese Tea-Flavor Liquor Improves Circulating Insulin Levels without Affecting Hepatic Lipid Metabolism-Related Gene Expression in Sprague-Dawley Rats

Table 5

Kidney total fatty acid profiles after consumption of TFL and TCL.


	TFL ( = 9)	TCL ( = 8)	EC ( = 8)	WC ( = 8)

14:0	0.48 ± 0.14^a	0.63 ± 0.18^ab	0.72 ± 0.25^ab	0.78 ± 0.15^b
15:0	0.23 ± 0.03	0.22 ± 0.04	0.20 ± 0.04	0.21 ± 0.03
16:0	19.11 ± 1.01^a	19.43 ± 0.93^ab	20.82 ± 1.64^b	20.76 ± 1.04^bc
18:0	11.89 ± 1.88	10.30 ± 3.00	9.77 ± 3.74	8.98 ± 2.19
20:0	0.21 ± 0.15	0.10 ± 0.06	0.11 ± 0.04	0.11 ± 0.08
SFA	31.92 ± 2.03	30.68 ± 2.47	31.62 ± 2.08	30.85 ± 2.03
16:1n7	1.72 ± 0.73	1.99 ± 0.59	3.14 ± 1.79	2.70 ± 0.76
18:1n9	11.63 ± 3.46	13.92 ± 4.57	9.77 ± 3.74	8.98 ± 2.19
18:1n7	2.56 ± 0.21	2.55 ± 0.10	2.72 ± 0.65	2.65 ± 0.17
20:1n9	0.14 ± 0.10	0.13 ± 0.06	0.11 ± 0.04	0.12 ± 0.04
MUFA	16.04 ± 4.28	18.59 ± 5.06	22.03 ± 7.76	21.74 ± 4.32
18:2n6	21.10 ± 3.21	24.06 ± 6.53	22.03 ± 4.28	25.26 ± 5.27
18:3n6	0.27 ± 0.10	0.26 ± 0.08	0.23 ± 0.08	0.21 ± 0.08
20:2n6	0.28 ± 0.06	0.26 ± 0.05	0.24 ± 0.10	0.28 ± 0.11
20:3n6	0.79 ± 0.21	0.62 ± 0.24	0.59 ± 0.25	0.51 ± 0.19
20:4n6	22.70 ± 4.50	18.54 ± 7.77	17.26 ± 8.34	15.37 ± 5.77
22:4n6	0.37 ± 0.06	0.30 ± 0.10	0.28 ± 0.12	0.29 ± 0.08
N-6 PUFA	45.52 ± 2.48^a	44.04 ± 2.77^ab	40.63 ± 5.86^b	41.88 ± 2.54^ab
18:3n3	0.76 ± 0.36	1.26 ± 0.68	1.24 ± 0.59	1.42 ± 0.45
20:3n3	0.18 ± 0.06^a	0.13 ± 0.07^ab	0.13 ± 0.08^ab	0.09 ± 0.04^b
20:5n3	0.68 ± 0.19	0.63 ± 0.24	0.52 ± 0.16	0.51 ± 0.26
22:5n3	0.63 ± 0.14	0.63 ± 0.29	0.56 ± 0.15	0.54 ± 0.18
22:6n3	2.84 ± 0.62	2.64 ± 1.01	2.20 ± 0.59	2.00 ± 0.75
DHA + EPA	3.53 ± 0.79	3.28 ± 1.23	2.71 ± 0.74	2.51 ± 1.00
N-3 PUFA	5.09 ± 0.61	5.29 ± 1.22	4.63 ± 0.50	4.56 ± 0.88
Total PUFA	50.62 ± 2.90^a	49.34 ± 2.55^ab	45.26 ± 5.89^b	46.44 ± 3.23^ab
N-3/N-6 PUFA	0.11 ± 0.01	0.12 ± 0.03	0.12 ± 0.02	0.11 ± 0.02

TFL: tea-flavor liquor; TCL: traditional Chinese liquor; EC: ethanol control; WC: water control; SFA: saturated fatty acid; PUFA: polyunsaturated fatty acid; DHA: docosahexaenoic acid; EPA: eicosapentaenoic acid; Different letters represent statistically significant difference () between the two groups (e.g., a versus b, b versus c). No significant difference was observed if two groups contain the same letters (e.g., ab versus b, a versus ab).