TABLE 4.

Analyzed profile of amino acids (AAs) from 24-h composites of AA and glycomacropeptide (GMP) diets¹

AA	AA diet	GMP diet	P value2
	g amino acid/24-h diet
Alanine	4.08 ± 0.32	3.15 ± 0.07	0.039
Arginine	4.07 ± 0.23	0.80 ± 0.09	<0.0001
Aspartic acid	6.09 ± 0.37	5.08 ± 0.25	0.059
Cysteine	1.43 ± 0.09	0.50 ± 0.05	<0.0001
Glutamic acid	10.3 ± 0.90	11.6 ± 0.64	0.219
Glycine	3.52 ± 0.26	0.99 ± 0.07	<0.0001
Histidine	1.89 ± 0.10	1.27 ± 0.09	0.001
Isoleucine	3.70 ± 0.16	4.75 ± 0.26	0.004
Leucine	6.51 ± 0.35	4.12 ± 0.28	<0.0001
Lysine	4.53 ± 0.21	3.09 ± 0.17	<0.0001
Methionine	1.24 ± 0.06	1.28 ± 0.08	0.605
Phenylalanine	0.79 ± 0.09	0.74 ± 0.08	0.061
Proline	5.27 ± 0.27	5.91 ± 0.32	0.198
Serine	3.27 ± 0.26	3.30 ± 0.18	0.883
Taurine	0.54 ± 0.08	0.25 ± 0.03	0.019
Threonine	3.00 ± 0.10	7.12 ± 0.41	<0.0001
Tryptophan	1.07 ± 0.07	0.57 ± 0.05	<0.0001
Tyrosine	4.40 ± 0.17	2.63 ± 0.21	<0.0001
Valine	4.50 ± 0.14	4.13 ± 0.21	0.105
BCAA	14.72 ± 0.62	13.00 ± 0.72	0.034

¹Values are means ± SEMs; n = 22. BCAA, sum of leucine, isoleucine, and valine.

²Represents the difference between the AA and the GMP diets by paired t test.