Table 7.

Plasma amino acid concentration, μmol/l

	CONTROL		NASH
	Basal	IL	Basal	IL
Aspartate	6.00±1.15	6.67±1.21	7.2±1.15	6.8±1.6
Glutamate	57.14±25.62	55.33±22.41	70.8±15.2	74.7±16.1
Asparagine	42.57±6.97	41.67±5.39	38.2±4.7	35.5±5.3
Serine	105.43±24.74	110.00±22.67	91.7±12.9	90.8±14.2
Glutamine	557.00±100.45	570.17±53.63	534.5±74.8	522.8±71.5
Glycine	319.29±112.45	339.83±118.04	228.5±45.6	216.8±41.7
Threonine	126.29±22.26	119.50±18.91	104.3±21.2	95.0±21.1
Citrulline	40.29±14.91	43.00±12.76	29.3±5.5	28.7±5.6
Histidine	89.57±15.20	85.33±16.24	88.7±9.8	83.0±9.2
Alanine	273.14±85.95	243.67±49.06	316.2±73.2	269.8±63.5
Taurine	105.57±18.95	110.67±19.80	98.3±18.7	95.5±20.9
Tyrosine	54.29±14.85	52.67±11.88	61.3±12.7	57.5±14.9
Aminobutyric acid	25.57±10.66	29.67±10.07	25.8±9.8	28.7±11.5
Arginine	91.86±20.59	93.50±8.22	85.2±14.9	84.7±14.1
Methionine	22.71±3.64	21.67±4.32	22.8±3.2	22.5±3.6
Valine	221.14±63.22	227.67±45.51	260.7±37.3	258.5±36.8
Tryptophan	39.57±11.86	34.50±10.09	39.0±8.0	35.3±7.3
Phenylalanine	52.43±11.93	48.83±9.83	55.0±4.6	52.7±6.6
Isoleucine	53.43±12.82	62.00±9.70	65.3±11.8	74.0±15.4
Leucine	119.57±28.15	127.50±20.70	142.5±21.5	150.5±30.9
Ornithine	47.14±10.29	48.83±3.19	43.0±12.4	44.3±13.9
Lysine	189.14±32.05	179.67±27.24	207.0±18.9	206.2±40.4

All data are means ± SD.