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Published in final edited form as: J Oral Biol (Northborough). 2016 Apr 23;3(1):10.13188/2377-987X.1000020. doi: 10.13188/2377-987X.1000020

Table 4.

Metabolic differences in the brain of experimental vs control animals. Fold change is expressed as Experimental/Control. N=9 animals per group.

Super Pathway Sub Pathway Biochemical Name Fold changes p-value
Amino Acid Creatine Metabolism creatinine 0.91 0.0004
Urea cycle; Arginine and Proline Metabolism N-acetylarginine 0.87 0.0018
Polyamine Metabolism spermine 0.17 0.0032
spermidine 0.34 0.0059
Lysine Metabolism N2-acetyllysine/N6-acetyllysine 0.89 0.009
Phenylalanine and Tyrosine Metabolism O-methyltyrosine 0.82 0.0152
Urea cycle; Arginine and Proline Metabolism citrulline 0.84 0.0264
urea 0.8 0.0275
Glutamate Metabolism S-1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate 0.77 0.0399
glutamate, gamma-methyl ester 0.88 0.0498
Carbohydrate Aminosugar Metabolism glucosamine-6-phosphate 0.84 0.0152
Pentose Phosphate Pathway 6-phosphogluconate 0.72 0.0159
Glycolysis, Gluconeogenesis, and Pyruvate Metabolism 1,5-anhydroglucitol (1,5-AG) 1.18 0.0173
glucose 6-phosphate 0.74 0.0299
fructose-6-phosphate 0.79 0.0338
Cofactors and Vitamins Riboflavin Metabolism flavin mononucleotide (FMN) 0.71 0.0101
Pantothenate and CoA Metabolism pantothenate 0.87 0.0299
Hemoglobin and Porphyrin Metabolism heme 0.62 0.0433
Lipid Sterol campesterol 0.85 0.0243
Sphingolipid Metabolism sphingomyelin (d18:1/21:0, d17:1/22:0, d16:1/23:0)* 1.11 0.0272
Phospholipid Metabolism 1,2-distearoyl-GPC (18:0/18:0) 1.07 0.0276
Lysolipid 2-stearoyl-GPE (18:0)* 1.41 0.0315
Nucleotide Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism methylphosphate 0.86 0.0261
Peptide Dipeptide glycylvaline 1.31 0.0055
Gamma-glutamyl Amino Acid gamma-glutamyl-epsilon-lysine 0.62 0.0455
Xenobiotics Food Component/Plant gluconate 0.73 0.0271
stachydrine 0.69 0.0379
ergothioneine 0.63 0.0407