Table 3.
Significantly altered amino acids in the different groups.
| Amino acids | Trend | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| MB vs. NC | MM vs. NC | MB vs. MM | |
| Ornithine | △↑ | △↑ | — |
| Asparagine | △↑ | △↑ | #↓ |
| Alanine | △↑ | △↑ | — |
| Aspartic acid | △↑ | △↑ | — |
| Phenylalanine | △↑ | △↑ | — |
| Valine | △↑ | △↑ | — |
| Lysine | △↑ | △↑ | — |
| Citrulline | △↓ | △↓ | — |
| Serine | △↑ | △↑ | — |
| Proline | △↑ | △↑ | #↑ |
| Taurine | △↑ | △↑ | — |
| Leucine | △↑ | △↑ | — |
| Histidine | △↑ | △↑ | — |
| Tyrosine | △↑ | △↑ | — |
| trans-4-Hydroxy-L-Proline | △↑ | △↑ | — |
| Glycine | △↑ | △↑ | — |
| γ-Aminobutyric acid | △↑ | △↑ | — |
| Homoserine | #↑ | △↑ | — |
| Threonine | #↑ | △↑ | — |
| β-Alanine | △↑ | △↑ | — |
| Isoleucine | △↑ | △↑ | — |
| Glutamine | #↑ | △↑ | — |
| Arginine | △↓ | #↓ | — |
| Cysteine | △↑ | — | #↑ |
| Tryptophan | #↑ | #↑ | — |
| Methionine | #↓ | — | — |
“↑” means a higher level of metabolites; “↓” means a lower level of metabolites; “△” means P<0.001; “#” means P<0.05, p value via FDR-corrected “— “represents no statistically significant difference.