Figure 5.

Maternal plasma concentrations of glucose (A), insulin (B), and leptin (C) at day 17 with different sources of methionine (Met) supplementation. In the control group, pregnant mice were fed a diet containing free Met. In the 35% Met group, pregnant mice were fed a Met-deficient diet with intraperitoneally injection of 35% of the Met contained in the control diet. The 25% Met-Met group was treated as described for the 35% Met group, except that 25% of the injected Met was replaced with methionyl-methionine (Met-Met). Data are expressed as the mean ± SEM, n = 8. The different letters indicate significant differences, p < 0.05.