Table 2

Effects of conditioning and treatment on muscle properties.

Ambulatory

Unloaded

Parameter

Control

Curcumin

Control

Curcumin

Control

NAC

Soleus weight (mg)

7.3 ± 0.3

6.9 ± 0.4

3.4 ± 0.0^a

3.3 ± 0.2^a

3.6 ± 0.1^a

3.8 ± 0.2^a

Muscle length (cm)

1.10 ± 0.02

1.13 ± 0.02

1.02 ± 0.03^b

1.09 ± 0.03^b

0.96 ± 0.03

0.92 ± 0.03

Cross sectional area (cm²)

6.3 ± 0.0

5.8 ± 0.0

3.2 ± 0.0^c

3.0 ± 0.0^c

3.5 ± 0.1

3.9 ± 0.1

Farid et al. Nutrition & Metabolism 2005 2:20   doi:10.1186/1743-7075-2-20