Role of serotonin in fatty acid-induced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in mice

BMC Gastroenterology

Table 4 Effect of tryptophan in combination with fatty acids on food and water intake as well as motility

Diets	C	C + TRP	SFA	SFA + TRP
n	6	6	6	6
Food intake (kcal/wk)	80.18 ± 1.52	91.98 ± 2.10	98.58 ± 1.23^a	117.88 ± 4.24^a,b
Water intake (ml/wk)	26.42 ± 0.88	27.21 ± 2.44	18.68 ± 0.77^a	21.02 ± 1.22^b
Intestinal motility (distance in cm)	12.09 ± 3.37	18.93 ± 1.32^a	16.41 ±1.63	17.12 ± 2.12

Means ± SEM from n = 6 mice per group. ^a P < 0.05 compared to C, ^b P < 0.05 compared to C + TRP. Abbreviations: C, control; SFA, saturated fatty acids; TRP, tryptophan.

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