Table 2.

Biochemical assessment of sulfur amino acid status, mineral metabolism, and bone formation.

Analyte	Group
	Control	Experimental
Homocysteine (μmol/L)	43.8 ± 5.0	358 ± 58 ****
Methionine (μmol/L)	141 ± 9	175 ± 13 ***
Cystathionine (μmol/L)	39.8 ± 9.1	226 ± 20 ****
Total inorganic sulfate (mmol/L)	2.18 ± 0.44	3.09 ± 0.09 ***
Glutathione (μmol/L)	1141 ± 55	1066 ± 75
Pyridoxal-5'-phosphate (nmol/L)	162 ± 29	136 ± 46
Bone-specific alkaline phosphatase (IU/L)	2069 ± 317	2135 ± 370
Osteocalcin (μg/L)	1.58 ± 0.38	1.83 ± 0.63
IGF-1 (μg/L)	16.9 ± 4.3	14.2 ± 3.4
Total calcium (mmol/L)	10.8 ± 0.2	10.7 ± 0.2
Phosphate (mmol/L)	7.3 ± 0.8	7.1 ± 0.9

****P < 0.0001 *** P < 0.001