Table 5. Hepatic concentrations of metabolites in pigs fed a control, creatine supplemented or GAA supplemented diet for 18–19 days 1 .
Control | Creatine | GAA | |
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nmol/g wet weight | |||
Arginine | 43.2 ± 4.6 | 64.3 ± 35.5 | 41.6 ± 4.1 |
Methionine | 99.1 ± 38.4 | 99.3 ± 30.1 | 86.6 ± 28.5 |
SAM | 56.9 ± 8.4b | 66.5 ± 22.6b | 31.9 ± 16.5a |
SAH | 15.1 ± 2.8 | 15.4 ± 2.6 | 18.3 ± 11.8 |
SAM/SAH | 3.94 ± 1.24 | 4.35 ± 1.50 | 2.46 ± 1.68 |
SAM DPM | 114 ± 28 | 127 ± 33 | 144 ± 47 |
PC (umol/g) | 8.1 ± 2.2 | 8.5 ± 2.4 | 6.9 ± 2.9 |
1Data are means ± SDs; n = 6. Means with different superscripts are significantly different within rows, P < 0.05. DPM, disintegrations per minute; GAA, guanidinoacetate; PC, phosphatidylcholine; SAH, S-adenosylhomocysteine; SAM, S-adenosylmethionine