Table 3. Plasma levels of free amino acids and amino acid derivatives (µmol/100 mL) in rats after 50 weeks of diet administration.
Dietary supplementation1 | Statistical significance of variance ratio (P)2, effects of | ||||||
Control | TTA | FO | TTA+FO | TTA | FO | TTA*FO | |
Asparagine | 9.85±2.03 | 14.85±2.69 | 12.87±3.99 | 16.89±2.01 | <0.001 | 0.007 | 0.58 |
Arginine | 8.87±1.57 | 5.60±1.37 | 10.29±2.51 | 8.30±2.10 | <0.001 | 0.002 | 0.30 |
Aspartic acid | 1.37±0.28 | 2.00±0.40 | 1.70±0.31 | 1.92±0.53 | 0.002 | 0.32 | 0.12 |
Citrulline | 7.35±1.51 | 12.00±2.96 | 7.98±2.35 | 9.60±1.86 | <0.001 | 0.22 | 0.04 |
Glutamine | 53.85±5.04 | 71.64±13.26 | 60.11±9.97 | 71.30±8.88 | <0.001 | 0.34 | 0.29 |
Glutamate | 10.82±3.15 | 14.83±2.63 | 16.36±2.94 | 15.41±3.37 | 0.12 | 0.003 | 0.01 |
Glycine | 23.44±4.87 | 37.46±11.88 | 25.08±3.28 | 40.11±11.65 | <0.001 | 0.45 | 0.86 |
Histidine | 5.93±0.80 | 15.67±6.99 | 8.06±1.66 | 11.39±1.53 | <0.001 | 0.36 | 0.01 |
1-Methylhistidine | 1.01±0.50 | 0.76±0.37 | 1.61±0.49 | 0.99±0.48 | 0.006 | 0.008 | 0.20 |
Phenylalanine | 5.60±0.83 | 7.95±1.17 | 7.09±1.13 | 7.15±0.85 | 0.001 | 0.30 | 0.001 |
Serine | 34.96±8.01 | 59.80±13.53 | 43.27±5.30 | 72.18±14.00 | <0.001 | 0.005 | 0.56 |
Taurine | 18.05±2.95 | 20.88±4.11 | 16.12±1.75 | 25.61±8.12 | <0.001 | 0.37 | 0.04 |
Threonine | 41.89±10.75 | 91.64±28.64 | 26.66±7.23 | 90.11±17.77 | <0.001 | 0.15 | 0.24 |
Tryptophane | 119±31.21 | 197±63.70 | 134±17.41 | 173±38.02 | <0.001 | 0.74 | 0.14 |
Tyrosine | 9.10±1.77 | 15.72±3.75 | 12.01±3.49 | 12.36±2.57 | 0.001 | 0.82 | 0.002 |
Valine | 18.29±3.26 | 22.68±4.32 | 17.70±2.93 | 22.81±2.57 | <0.001 | 0.83 | 0.73 |
Alanine | 61.68±14.24 | 74.89±13.15 | 73.20±21.45 | 66.58±10.26 | 0.50 | 0.74 | 0.05 |
Cysteine | 0.41±0.45 | 0.52±0.73 | 0.47±0.92 | 0.87±0.74 | 0.27 | 0.38 | 0.51 |
Isoleucine | 7.20±1.34 | 7.86±1.58 | 6.53±1.30 | 7.69±1.27 | 0.04 | 0.34 | 0.57 |
Leucine | 13.48±2.51 | 15.21±3.40 | 13.76±2.26 | 15.94±2.47 | 0.03 | 0.55 | 0.79 |
Lysine | 53.16±6.03 | 45.19±11.06 | 54.60±12.19 | 46.67±6.26 | 0.01 | 0.62 | 0.99 |
Methionine | 6.24±0.86 | 6.64±0.77 | 6.94±1.29 | 6.87±0.98 | 0.60 | 0.14 | 0.46 |
Ornithine | 5.74±1.94 | 7.65±2.02 | 6.14±0.90 | 7.30±1.57 | 0.006 | 0.97 | 0.48 |
Phenylethylamine | 7.43±1.27 | 6.72±1.24 | 6.21±1.56 | 7.59±1.01 | 0.42 | 0.67 | 0.02 |
Phosphatidylserine | 2.80±0.34 | 3.09±0.78 | 3.03±0.51 | 3.03±0.38 | 0.42 | 0.61 | 0.40 |
Proline | 32.69±7.51 | 36.18±10.47 | 36.77±11.35 | 31.14±8.55 | 0.50 | 0.86 | 0.08 |
Values are mean ± SD (n = 10).
P-values from two-way ANOVA, where TTA*FO denotes the interaction effect.