Effects of olive oil and its minor phenolic constituents on obesity-induced cardiac metabolic changes

Nutrition Journal

Table 2 Calorimetric parameters of standard-fed rats.

	Groups
Calorimetric parameters	C	C-Olive	C-Oleuropein	C-Cafeic
VO₂ (ml/min)	3.80 ± 0.06	4.77 ± 0.37^a	3.44 ± 0.09^b	4.45 ± 0.26^ac
VCO₂ (ml/min)	2.35 ± 0.001	2.36 ± 0.002^a	2.37 ± 0.002^ab	2.38 ± 0.002^abc
RQ	0.63 ± 0.04	0.54 ± 0.04^a	0.78 ± 0.03^b	0.60 ± 0.03^c
RMR (kcal/h)	1.07 ± 0.02	1.21 ± 0.09^a	0.97 ± 0.04^ab	1.18 ± 0.06^ac
VO₂/body weight (ml/h.kg)	11.58 ± 1.78	13.46 ± 1.45	10.13 ± 1.21^b	12.02 ± 1.17
VO₂/surface area (mL/h.g^0.7)	3.94 ± 0.42	4.69 ± 0.38^a	3.49 ± 0.31^a	4.25 ± 0.33^b
RQ/body weight	0.19 ± 0.03	0.15 ± 0.02^a	0.23 ± 0.02^b	0.16 ± 0.01^c
RQ/surface area	1.10 ± 0.02	0.88 ± 0.08^a	1.31 ± 0.1^ab	0.95 ± 0.07^c
RMR/body weight (kcal/h.kg)	3.25 ± 0.04	3.44 ± 0.55	2.85 ± 0.36	3.19 ± 0.30
Fat oxidation (mg/min)	3.50 ± 0.39	5.55 ± 0.49^a	1.92 ± 0.35^ab	4.55 ± 0.64^abc
Carbohydrate oxidation (mg/min)	Not detected	Not detected	0.64 ± 0.33	Not detected
Energy Balance (kcal/day)	49.65 ± 5.51	50.90 ± 8.86	52.49 ± 7.37	54.66 ± 9.92

Values are given as mean ± SD.
C, control rats receiving saline; C-Olive, standard-fed rats receiving olive oil; C-Oleuropein, standard-fed rats receiving oleuropein; C-Cafeic, standard-fed rats receiving cafeic acid; VO₂ oxygen consumption; VCO₂, dioxide carbon production; RQ, respiratory quotient; RMR, resting metabolic rate.
^a p < 0.05 vs. C group.
^b p < 0.05 vs. C-Olive group.
^c p < 0.05 vs. C-Oleuropein group.

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