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Table 4.

Nitrogen intake, urinary and fecal nitrogen excretion, and nitrogen balance on the day before (Day –1) and last 3 days (Days 14–16) of the study

		Day -1	Day 14	Day 15	Day 16
Nitrogen intake, g/day	C	0.987 (0.082)	1.116 (0.200)^a	1.125 (0.108)^a	1.069 (0.151)^a
	R	0.979 (0.066)	0 (0)^c	0 (0)^c	0 (0)^c
	S	1.013 (0.081)	0.547 (0.039)^b	0.583 (0.045)^b	0.632 (0.037)^b
Urinary nitrogen excretion, g/day	C	0.478 (0.049)	0.610 (0.089)^a	0.666 (0.065)^a	0.653 (0.109)^a
	R	0.417 (0.099)	0.312 (0.025)^c	0.268 (0.028)^c	0.227 (0.040)^c
	S	0.525 (0.227)	0.394 (0.020)^b	0.428 (0.033)^b	0.436 (0.030)^b
Fecal nitrogen excretion, g/day	C	0.125 (0.031)	0.194 (0.037)^a	0.187 (0.033)^a	0.200 (0.034)^a
	R	0.170 (0.028)	0.101 (0.028)^b	0.024 (0.020)^c	0.012 (0.008)^c
	S	0.149 (0.027)	0.092 (0.031)^b	0.114 (0.021)^b	0.105 (0.013)^b
Nitrogen balance, g/day ¹	C	0.383 (0.072)	0.312 (0.091)^a	0.272 (0.082)^a	0.216 (0.038)^a
	R	0.392 (0.106)	−0.413 (0.035)^c	−0.291 (0.038)^c	−0.239 (0.037)^c
	S	0.339 (0.168)	0.061 (0.028)^b	0.041 (0.022)^b	0.090 (0.017)^b

Values are means (SD) for 5 rats. ¹Nitrogen balance = (nitrogen intake) – (urinary and fecal nitrogen excretion). Means in a column without common superscripts differ, p<0.05.