Research Article

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

Table 6

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

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

14:00.77 ± 0.19a0.59 ± 0.07ab0.77 ± 0.21a0.42 ± 0.07b
15:00.22 ± 0.060.21 ± 0.030.26 ± 0.060.21 ± 0.02
16:025.73 ± 3.12a23.16 ± 1.18ab26.45 ± 3.54a21.84 ± 1.47b
18:012.92 ± 2.5511.55 ± 1.7911.99 ± 2.4311.51 ± 2.93
20:00.07 ± 0.040.05 ± 0.010.09 ± 0.030.04 ± 0.02
SFA39.71 ± 2.42a35.56 ± 2.45ab39.54 ± 4.39a34.00 ± 3.69b
16:1n71.22 ± 0.301.31 ± 0.521.26 ± 0.331.00 ± 0.47
18:1n912.52 ± 2.8712.31 ± 2.8910.34 ± 1.909.28 ± 2.27
18:1n72.61 ± 0.342.73 ± 0.342.71 ± 0.442.25 ± 0.28
20:1n90.21 ± 0.04a0.18 ± 0.04ab0.19 ± 0.06a0.12 ± 0.03b
MUFA16.56 ± 2.79a16.53 ± 3.50ab14.50 ± 2.15ab12.66 ± 2.71b
18:2n618.62 ± 3.3520.41 ± 2.8718.37 ± 3.9721.85 ± 4.19
18:3n60.07 ± 0.030.09 ± 0.020.09 ± 0.040.10 ± 0.04
20:2n60.39 ± 0.130.40 ± 0.060.34 ± 0.040.41 ± 0.08
20:3n60.63 ± 0.15ab0.70 ± 0.16ab0.58 ± 0.12a0.80 ± 0.16b
20:4n615.71 ± 3.3315.63 ± 2.0717.19 ± 2.2918.49 ± 3.88
22:4n60.31 ± 0.120.41 ± 0.120.40 ± 0.120.49 ± 0.15
N-6 PUFA35.70 ± 2.07a37.61 ± 3.50a36.94 ± 2.61a42.12 ± 2.48b
18:3n30.69 ± 0.330.76 ± 0.150.73 ± 0.230.88 ± 0.34
20:3n30.10 ± 0.040.09 ± 0.040.10 ± 0.040.10 ± 0.02
20:5n30.62 ± 0.31ab0.83 ± 0.29ab0.56 ± 0.12a0.98 ± 0.32b
22:5n31.18 ± 0.32a1.47 ± 0.37ab1.32 ± 0.24ab1.88 ± 0.60b
22:6n35.34 ± 0.92a6.35 ± 0.74bc6.07 ± 0.76ab7.22 ± 0.47c
DHA + EPA5.96 ± 0.97a7.17 ± 0.99bc6.63 ± 0.72ab8.20 ± 0.76c
N-3 PUFA7.92 ± 1.21a9.48 ± 1.29ab8.72 ± 0.60a11.05 ± 1.59b
Total PUFA43.61 ± 2.91a47.09 ± 2.86a45.66 ± 2.85a53.17 ± 3.23b
N-3/N-6 PUFA0.22 ± 0.030.26 ± 0.060.24 ± 0.020.26 ± 0.04

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).