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Table 4.

Plasma amino acid concentration (µmol/mL) of Sprague-Dawley rats fed different types of protein after a protein restricted period.

AMINO ACIDS (µmol/mL)	LP	C	S	B	BCr	SCr	Cr
Asp	0.045 ± 0.001 ^c	0.078 ± 0.003 ^a	0.061 ± 0.002 ^b	0.057 ± 0.003 ^bc	0.055 ± 0.004 ^bc	0.059 ± 0.002 ^bc	0.056 ± 0.03 ^bc
Glu	0.24 ±0.008 ^b	0.26 ±0.006 ^a	0.24 ± 0.005 ^b	0.23 ± 0.001 ^b	0.17± 0.003 ^c	0.23 ± 0.006 ^b	0.18 ± 0.004 ^c
Ser	0.56 ± 0.01 ^c	0.92 ± 0.03 ^ab	1.08 ± 0.06 ^a	0.88 ± 0.02 ^b	0.83 ± 0.02 ^b	0.97 ± 0.03 ^ab	0.91 ± 0.05 ^ab
His	0.055 ± 0.001 ^b	0.100 ± 0.006 ^a	0.095 ± 0.004 ^a	0.079 ± 0.004 ^ab	0.060 ± 0.005 ^b	0.102 ± 0.008 ^a	0.063 ± 0.006 ^b
Gly	0.76 ± 0.01 ^c	0.74 ± 0.02 ^c	0.94 ± 0.02 ^b	1.08 ± 0.02 ^a	0.66 ± 0.02 ^dc	0.65 ± 0.02 ^dc	0.56 ± 0.02 ^d
Thr	0.19 ± 0.03 ^b	0.27 ± 0.05 ^ab	0.37 ± 0.06 ^ab	0.37 ± 0.02 ^ab	0.31 ± 0.07 ^ab	0.41 ± 0.05 ^a	0.46 ± 0.02 ^a
Arg	0.02 ± 0.002 ^c	0.19 ± 0.001 ^a	0.12 ± 0.016 ^b	0.15 ± 0.011 ^ab	0.14 ± 0.012 ^b	0.21 ± 0.004 ^a	0.16 ± 0.015 ^ab
Ala	1.53 ± 0.03 ^cd	1.68 ± 0.05 ^bc	2.13 ± 0.06 ^a	1.78 ± 0.04 ^b	1.34 ± 0.05 ^d	1.50 ± 0.07 ^cd	1.39 ± 0.02 ^d
Val	0.070 ± 0.006 ^d	0.324 ± 0.016 ^a	0.271 ± 0.009 ^ab	0.242 ± 0.012 ^bc	0.205 ± 0.008 ^c	0.237 ± 0.013 ^bc	0.215 ± 0.009 ^c
Met	0.11 ± 0.009 ^ab	0.15 ± 0.010 ^a	0.11 ± 0.007 ^ab	0.10 ± 0.007 ^b	0.10 ± 0.005 ^b	0.12 ± 0.009 ^ab	0.12 ± 0.010 ^ab
Cys	0.607 ± 0.004 ^c	0.695 ± 0.013 ^b	0.891 ± 0.027 ^a	0.768 ± 0.016 ^b	0.528 ± 0.008 ^de	0.575 ± 0.012 ^d	0.471 ± 0.022 ^e
Phe	0.043 ± 0.004 ^b	0.111 ± 0.009 ^a	0.111 ± 0.005 ^a	0.109 ± 0.008 ^a	0.108 ± 0.003 ^a	0.113 ± 0.006 ^a	0.119 ± 0.006 ^a
Tyr	0.040 ± 0.002 ^d	0.185 ± 0.005 ^ab	0.170 ± 0.008 ^ab	0.140 ± 0.008 ^c	0.145 ± 0.005 ^bc	0.190 ± 0.015 ^a	0.191 ± 0.003 ^a
Ile	0.046 ± 0.002 ^d	0.118 ± 0.004 ^a	0.123 ± 0.04 ^a	0.096 ± 0.002 ^b	0.072 ± 0.03 ^c	0.083 ± 0.05 ^bc	0.066 ± 0.004 ^c
Leu	0.060 ± 0.005 ^d	0.201 ± 0.006 ^b	0.179 ± 0.008 ^bc	0.156 ± 0.003 ^c	0.201 ± 0.011 ^b	0.230 ± 0.011 ^a	0.259 ± 0.012 ^a
Lys	0.30 ± 0.006 ^cd	0.49 ± 0.012 ^ab	0.51 ± 0.022 ^a	0.42 ± 0.012 ^b	0.28 ± 0.016 ^d	0.35 ± 0.012 ^bc	0.17 ± 0.014 ^e
Pro	0.31 ± 0.01 ^c	0.68 ± 0.02 ^a	0.48 ± 0.001 ^b	0.34 ± 0.02 ^c	0.45 ± 0.01 ^b	0.39 ± 0.02 ^c	0.51 ± 0.001 ^b
Trp	0.036 ± 0.003 ^b	0.093 ± 0.008 ^a	0.078 ± 0.004 ^a	0.031 ± 0.002 ^b	0.024 ± 0.003 ^b	0.037 ± 0.005 ^b	0.018 ± 0.003 ^c
Asn	0.032 ± 0.001 ^c	0.065 ± 0.03 ^b	0.116 ± 0.007 ^a	0.70 ± 0.004 ^b	0.75 ± 0.005 ^b	0.108 ± 0.03 ^a	0.081 ± 0.001 ^b
Gln	0.81 ± 0.01 ^c	0.89 ± 0.001 ^a	0.88 ± 0.001 ^a	0.84 ± 0.001 ^bc	0.72 ± 0.001 ^d	0.87 ± 0.01 ^ab	0.71 ± 0.01 ^d
ΣBCAA	0.526 ± 0.004 ^d	1.929 ± 0.03 ^a	1.722 ± 0.022 ^b	1.481 ± 0.022 ^c	1.432 ± 0.022 ^c	1.653 ± 0.026 ^b	1.620 ± 0.030 ^b
ΣIAA	1.909 ± 0.01 ^e	4.666 ± 0.02 ^a	3.993 ± 0.02 ^c	3.994 ± 0.02 ^c	3.684 ± 0.02 ^d	4.692 ± 0.02 ^a	4.462 ± 0.03 ^b

ΣBCAA = The sum of the concentration of the three branched chain amino acids Val, Leu, Ile. ΣIAA = The sum of the concentration of the amino acids Thr, Val, Ile, Leu, Met, Phe, Trp, Lys, His, Arg. C: casein; LP: low protein; S: soy protein; B: black bean protein; Cr: corn protein; BCr: black bean protein + corn protein; SCr: Soy protein + corn protein. Different letter superscript indicates significant differences among groups, p < 0.05, a > b > c.