Table 3.

 Amino acid concentrations in the intestinal mucosa in the four groups

	Sham	Control	Arginine	Citrulline
Jejunum (nmol/g)
Cit	285 (30)*	180 (47)*	365 (50)*	756 (117)†
Orn	57 (7)*	52 (6)*	72 (7)*†	83 (8)†
Arg	523 (127)*	172 (19)†	535 (78)*	585 (98)*
Ileum (nmol/g)
Cit	252 (50)*	205 (41)*	385 (78)*	613 (89)†
Orn	48 (6)	38 (7)	82 (32)	77 (10)
Arg	702 (247)	278 (124)	638 (123)	527 (72)

Results are expressed as mean values (SEM).

Values in a row with different symbols are statistically different.