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. 2018 Jul 9;62:10.29219/fnr.v62.1447. doi: 10.29219/fnr.v62.1447

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
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*
a

Calculation mass;

b

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;

c

relative concentration of treated rats to the control at the same time. NDMA, N-nitrosodimethylamine; CON, control.