Table 1.
Choline, glycerophosphocholine (GPCho), phosphocholine (PCho), phosphatidylcholine (PtdCho), lysophosphatidylcholine (LPCho) and betaine content (mg/day) of the 5-day menua,b
| Metabolite | Menu |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | D | E | Overall | |
| Choline | 52 (10.0) | 47.0 (6.3) | 28.5 (3.5) | 57.0 (11.8) | 24.0 (4.4) | 41.7 (7.2) |
| GPCho | 8.7 (0.7) | 25.8 (1.5) | 41.0 (4.6) | 43.0 (3.1) | 20.6 (2.2) | 27.8 (2.4) |
| PCho | 2.0 (0.9) | 3.6 (1.1) | 3.0 (1.3) | 4.0 (2.0) | 2.9 (0.1) | 3.1 (1.1) |
| PtdCho | 19.1 (0.7) | 59.8 (1.1) | 20.2 (1.3) | 32.0 (0.3) | 66.0 (19.8) | 39.4 (4.6) |
| LPCho | 93 (5.6) | 86.0 (6.5) | 72.5 (6.1) | 54.0 (4.7) | 3.2 (0.2) | 61.7 (4.6) |
| Total choline | 174.8 (17.9) | 222.2 (16.5) | 165.2 (16.8) | 190.0 (21.8) | 116.7 (26.7) | 173.7 (19.9) |
| Betaine | 104.0 (13.1) | 96.3 (13.8) | 118.0 (23.5) | 109.0 (9.4) | 132.0 (3.6) | 111.8 (12.7) |
Results are presented as mean (S.E.M.).
a
Sphingomyelin was not detected.
b
Betaine is not included in the total choline content of the menu.