Table 6.
Item | Dietary Thr levels, g/kg diet | |||||
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3.3 | 5.9 | 8.4 | 10.9 | 13.1 | 15.8 | |
AP, mmol of nitrophenol released g/protein per h | ||||||
PI | 69.5 ± 7.3a | 84.4 ± 8.1b | 102.8 ± 10.1cd | 108.0 ± 10.7d | 125.0 ± 10.4e | 92.8 ± 9.1bc |
MI | 110.1 ± 7.0c | 120.3 ± 13.0cd | 125.8 ± 4.9d | 117.6 ± 8.2cd | 91.9 ± 8.6b | 71.3 ± 7.4a |
DI | 72.2 ± 6.9c | 80.3 ± 7.5d | 69.0 ± 5.4c | 54.7 ± 5.3b | 53.8 ± 2.6b | 35.8 ± 2.8a |
γ-GT, mmol of 5-amino-2-nitrobenzoate released g/protein per min | ||||||
PI | 1.82 ± 0.16a | 2.27 ± 0.15b | 2.59 ± 0.28c | 2.52 ± 0.15c | 3.00 ± 0.16d | 2.24 ± 0.23b |
MI | 2.12 ± 0.16a | 2.89 ± 0.26b | 3.05 ± 0.21b | 3.09 ± 0.17b | 2.93 ± 0.19b | 2.94 ± 0.28b |
DI | 0.73 ± 0.08a | 0.87 ± 0.11b | 1.20 ± 0.07c | 1.23 ± 0.12c | 1.13 ± 0.11c | 0.76 ± 0.06ab |
CK, μmol of phosphorus released g/protein per h | ||||||
PI | 2.62 ± 0.25c | 2.72 ± 0.19c | 2.74 ± 0.24c | 3.11 ± 0.29d | 1.52 ± 0.13b | 1.14 ± 0.13a |
MI | 1.36 ± 0.09a | 2.40 ± 0.18c | 2.35 ± 0.17c | 4.47 ± 0.44d | 4.28 ± 0.34d | 1.77 ± 0.17 b |
DI | 6.69 ± 0.73a | 7.26 ± 0.44a | 6.96 ± 0.67a | 9.35 ± 0.45b | 8.86 ± 0.70b | 7.15 ± 0.75a |
Na+/K+-ATPase, μmol of phosphorus released g/protein per h | ||||||
PI | 0.37 ± 0.06b | 0.42 ± 0.05c | 0.41 ± 0.02c | 0.36 ± 0.03b | 0.37 ± 0.03b | 0.30 ± 0.03a |
MI | 0.48 ± 0.04c | 0.62 ± 0.04d | 0.47 ± 0.03bc | 0.43 ± 0.04ab | 0.39 ± 0.03a | 0.39 ± 0.04a |
DI | 0.35 ± 0.02a | 0.34 ± 0.02a | 0.35 ± 0.02a | 0.36 ± 0.01a | 0.35 ± 0.03a | 0.35 ± 0.02a |
AP: Alkaline phosphatase; γ-GT: γ-Glutamyl transpeptidase; CK: Creatine kinase; PI: Proximal intestine; MI: Mid intestine; DI: Distal intestine
a,b,c,d,eMeans in the same row without a letter in common are significantly different (P< 0.05)
fValues are mean ± SD (n = 6)