Table I.
control | 10 μg/L As(III) | 250 μg/L As(III) | |
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Arginine metabolic index | 0.51 ± 0.03 | 0.54 ± 0.02 | 2.64 ± 0.30* |
Plasma metabolite level (μM, mean ± SEM) | |||
Arginine | 85.4 ± 15.7 | 67.7 ± 7.4 | 39.6 ± 12.3* |
Citruline | 214.6 ± 21.5 | 225.1 ± 19.4 | 51.8 ± 6.1* |
Ornithine | 368.1 ± 16.7 | 286.2 ± 16.1* | 185.8 ± 7.4*a |
SDMA | 0.12 ± 0.01 | 0.13 ± 0.01 | 0.65 ± 0.09* |
ADMA | 0.38 ± 0.01 | 0.39 ± 0.02 | 0.85 ± 0.07* |
Monomethylarginine | 1.02 ± 0.05 | 0.96 ±0.04 | 0.58 ±0.06* |
significant difference from control (p< 0.05, n=5)
significant difference from 10 μg/L As(III) (p< 0.05, n=5)