| Liver | Plasma | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | |
Male intact (n = 6) | Male neutered (n = 6) | Female intact (n = 6) | Female spayed (n = 6) | Male intact (n = 6) | Male neutered (n = 6) | Female intact (n = 6) | Female spayed (n = 6) | |
Total TAG1 | ||||||||
 (nmol/mg prot) | 51 ± 35 | 58 ± 45 | 99 ± 70 | 78 ± 52 |  |  |  |  |
 (mmol/l) |  |  |  |  | 0.22 ± 0.05abc | 0.30 ± 0.10 abc | 0.15 ± 0.03 ac | 0.14 ± 0.05 ac |
TAG 56:6/72 (%) | 0.6 ± 0.2 | 0.8 ± 0.4 | 0.7 ± 0.1 b | 0.5 ± 0.1b | 0.7 ± 0.3 | 0.8 ± 0.3 | 0.8 ± 0.2 | 0.7 ± 0.2 |
TAG unsat/sat3 | 1.0 ± 0.3 | 1.1 ± 0.4 | 1.1 ± 0.4 | 0.8 ± 0.3 | 1.8 ± 0.4 | 1.8 ± 0.2 | 2.0 ± 0.6 | 1.8 ± 0.4 |
Cholesterol (rel. Units) | 13.1 ± 1.7 | 14.2 ± 1.3 | 15.3 ± 1.6 | 13.6 ± 2.0 | 8.9 ± 0.7 | 9.9 ± 1.2 | 9.3 ± 1.1 | 9.0 ± 0.6 |
Cholesterol ester (rel. Units) | 7.8 ± 2.9 | 7.6 ± 2.6 | 10.3 ± 4.6 | 9.1 ± 3.0 | 61 ± 8 | 62 ± 10 | 56 ± 6 | 59 ± 3 |
Total PC4 | ||||||||
 (nmol/mg prot) | 24.2 ± 3.8 | 24.1 ± 3.2 | 27.5 ± 3.1 | 24.1 ± 2.3 |  |  |  |  |
 (mmol/l) |  |  |  |  | 0.16 ± 0.02 | 0.17 ± 0.03 | 0.15 ± 0.03 | 0.15 ± 0.03 |
SM5 16:0 (% of PC) | 3.8 ± 0.8 | 3.8 ± 0.5 | 3.4 ± 0.9 | 3.9 ± 0.8 | 7.4 ± 0.7 | 6.9 ± 0.5 | 7.4 ± 0.7 | 7.5 ± 1.1 |