Adipose cellularity, serum glucose, insulin and cholesterol in polygenic obese mice fed high-fat or high-carbohydrate diets.

Polygenic obese (M16) and nonobese (ICR) mice were fed ad libitum either a high-fat (FAT) or high-carbohydrate (CHO) diet from 6 to 10 weeks of age. After this four-week period, M16 exceeded (P less than 0.01) ICR mice and FAT-fed exceeded (P less than 0.

A biochemical and ultrastructural study of skeletal muscle from rats fed a magnesium-deficient diet.

In order to study changes in skeletal muscle during a magnesium deficiency, serum and muscle tissues were collected from male Sprague-Dawley rats fed either a control or magnesium-deficient diet. The rats were killed on days 7, 10, 14, 17, 19, 21 and 26 of the experiment. Ion concentrations in serum and muscle were determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry, taurine concentrations of serum and muscle were determined by the Pentz method, and ultrastructural changes in skeletal muscle were detected with the use of the transmission electron microscope.