Table 3.
Change in the serum metabolites from rats treated with sausage and NDMA compared with control group for different time points and doses
| Number | Metabolites | Molecular formula | Massa | RTb | Groups | Fold changec |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7th week | 17th week | 25th week | 33rd week | ||||||
| 1 | β-Alanine | C3H7NO2 | 102 | 5.17 | Sausage diet I | 0.50** | 0.36** | 0.50** | 0.52** |
| Sausage diet II | 0.77* | 0.67** | 0.61* | – | |||||
| Sausage diet III | 0.59* | 0.53** | 0.50** | 0.65** | |||||
| NDMA | 0.49** | 0.45** | 0.56** | – | |||||
| 2 | 3-aminoisobutyric acid | C4H9NO2 | 102 | 5.68 | Sausage diet I | 0.73** | 0.67** | 0.59** | – |
| Sausage diet II | 0.66** | 0.63** | 0.50* | 0.75** | |||||
| Sausage diet III | 0.43** | 0.49** | 0.39** | 0.57** | |||||
| NDMA | 0.23** | 0.25** | – | 0.24 | |||||
| 3 | Aminooxyacetic acid | _ | 160 | 6.12 | Sausage diet I | – | 0.67** | – | – |
| Sausage diet II | – | – | 0.71* | – | |||||
| Sausage diet III | – | – | 0.64* | 0.76* | |||||
| NDMA | 0.75* | 0.73* | 0.65* | 0.48** | |||||
| 4 | D-alanyl-D-alanine | C6H12N2O3 | 96 | 7.51 | Sausage diet I | – | 0.77* | – | 0.54* |
| Sausage diet II | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Sausage diet III | – | – | 0.72* | 0.83* | |||||
| NDMA | – | 0.81* | 0.62* | 0.63* | |||||
| 5 | Pelargonic acid | C9H18O2 | 118 | 9.38 | Sausage diet I | – | 0.68* | – | – |
| Sausage diet II | 0.68* | – | – | 0.79* | |||||
| Sausage diet III | – | 0.72* | – | 0.68* | |||||
| NDMA | 0.69* | 0.49* | 0.71* | 0.66* | |||||
| 6 | Putrescine | C4H12N2 | 86 | 11.54 | Sausage diet I | 3.95** | 2.81** | 4.44** | 3.73** |
| Sausage diet II | 2.19** | 1.68** | 0.00** | 1.29* | |||||
| Sausage diet III | 2.79** | 2.26** | 1.48** | 1.60* | |||||
| NDMA | 3.76** | 2.93** | 1.92** | 2.04** | |||||
| 7 | α-Ketoglutarate | C5H6O5 | 203 | 13.51 | Sausage diet I | – | – | – | 1.42* |
| Sausage diet II | – | 0.70** | – | – | |||||
| Sausage diet III | – | – | 1.30* | 0.58** | |||||
| NDMA | – | 1.03* | 1.83* | 2.37** | |||||
| 8 | Phenylalanine | C9H11NO2 | 192 | 14.54 | Sausage diet I | – | – | 0.84* | – |
| Sausage diet II | – | 0.86** | 0.81* | 1.13* | |||||
| Sausage diet III | – | – | 0.85* | 1.12* | |||||
| NDMA | – | 1.23** | 1.35** | 1.75** | |||||
| 9 | Ethanolamine phosphate | C2H8NO4P | 299 | 15.22 | Sausage diet I | 2.47* | 3.17* | 3.08* | 3.66* |
| Sausage diet II | 1.97* | 1.37* | – | 2.15** | |||||
| Sausage diet III | – | 2.28** | 2.11** | 2.53* | |||||
| NDMA | 3.63** | 2.95** | 2.86** | 3.97** | |||||
| 10 | Taurine | C2H7NO3S | 188 | 15.34 | Sausage diet I | 2.07** | 2.66** | 1.58* | 1.51* |
| Sausage diet II | 1.99** | 1.60** | 1.55* | 1.38* | |||||
| Sausage diet III | 2.86** | 1.73* | 2.11** | 1.55* | |||||
| NDMA | 2.81** | 2.35** | 2.94** | 2.21** | |||||
| 11 | Tyrosine | C9H11NO3 | 218 | 20.86 | Sausage diet I | – | 0.84* | 0.75* | 0.83* |
| Sausage diet II | 0.83* | 0.79* | 0.81* | 0.76** | |||||
| Sausage diet III | 0.86* | 0.79* | 0.77* | 0.81* | |||||
| NDMA | – | – | 1.25* | 2.14** | |||||
| 12 | Palmitic acid | C16H32O2 | 118 | 22.89 | Sausage diet I | – | 0.64** | 0.66* | 0.62** |
| Sausage diet II | – | 0.76* | 0.76* | 0.72* | |||||
| Sausage diet III | 0.63** | 0.71* | 0.60** | 0.72* | |||||
| NDMA | 0.58** | 0.71* | 0.67* | 0.73* | |||||
| 13 | Linoleic acid | C4H4O5 | 82 | 25.19 | Sausage diet I | – | 0.52** | 0.31** | 0.32** |
| Sausage diet II | – | 0.59** | 0.47** | 0.38** | |||||
| Sausage diet III | 0.45** | 0.42** | 0.31** | 0.35** | |||||
| NDMA | 0.69* | – | – | – | |||||
Calculation mass;
RT: retention time (minutes);
significantly increased or decreased when compared with the control group at p < 0.05;
significantly increased or decreased when compared with the control group at p < 0.001;
relative concentration of treated rats to the control at the same time. NDMA, N-nitrosodimethylamine; CON, control.