Table 1 List of primer sequences used for quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction

Target genes Primer sequences (5’-3’) TA (°C) NCBI accession number or references
18S rRNA F: CTC AAC ACG GGA AAC CTC ACR: CGC TCC ACC AAC TAA GAA CG 58 Lin et al. (2016)
AMPK F: GGC AGA AGT ATG TAG AGC AAT CAR: GAG TAA GTG CTT GTC ACA GGA T 60 NM_001355028.1
HMGCR F: CCC AGT TGT GCG TCT TCC AR: TTC GAG CCA GGC TTT CAC TT 60 XM_011543359.1
F, forward primer; R, reverse primer.