TABLE 1.
Plasma concentrations of amino acids, insulin, glucose, and FFA in young adults before and after EAA ingestion1
| Min |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basal | 15 | 30 | 45 | 60 | 90 | 120 | 150 | 180 | |
| Leucine, μmol/L | 164.9 ± 6.1 | 728.6 ± 151.9* | 1135.0 ± 81.8* | 1209.7 ± 99.2* | 952.8 ± 106.3* | 634.5 ± 84.9* | 487.6 ± 56.5* | 327.3 ± 26.1 | 287.9 ± 21.5 |
| Isoleucine, μmol/L | 50.4 ± 4.5 | 147.5 ± 23.9* | 219.4 ± 11.5* | 224.7 ± 13.7* | 171.4 ± 13.1* | 109.7 ± 10.8* | 79.6 ± 6.2 | 54.5 ± 2.4 | 46.7 ± 3.1 |
| Valine, μmol/L | 213.2 ± 14.8 | 333.4 ± 29.7* | 453.4 ± 19.1* | 500.0 ± 9.0* | 452.9 ± 20.0* | 360.6 ± 21.4* | 311.2 ± 14.4* | 255.4 ± 7.6 | 234.7 ± 7.9 |
| Insulin, pmol/L | 32.9 ± 5.3 | 72.7 ± 8.2* | 91.8 ± 11.5* | 72.9 ± 11.7* | 55.6 ± 7.8* | 35.7 ± 6.5 | 31.2 ± 6.3 | 35.0 ± 5.9 | 27.4 ± 6.2 |
| Glucose, mmol/L | 4.9 ± 0.1 | 4.8 ± 0.1 | 4.8 ± 0.1 | 4.8 ± 0.1 | 4.8 ± 0.1* | 4.8 ± 0.1* | 4.8 ± 0.1* | 4.7 ± 0.1* | 4.7 ± 0.1* |
| FFA, mmol/L |
0.7 ± 0.1 |
0.8 ± 0.1 |
0.7 ± 0.1 |
0.6 ± 0.1 |
0.5 ± 0.1* |
0.5 ± 0.1 |
0.7 ± 0.1 |
0.8 ± 0.1 |
1.0 ± 0.1* |
1
Values are the mean ± SE, n = 7. *Different from basal, P < 0.05.