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. 2019 Jan 21;10:3. doi: 10.1186/s40104-018-0311-8

Table 7.

Effects of arginine infusion on arteriovenous difference in free AA concentrations (μmol/L) of dairy cows

Items Treatmentsc SEM P-value
Control Arg group Ala group
Lys 91.30 100.09 90.13 5.08 0.14
Met 12.99b 19.12a 14.13b 1.26 < 0.01
Leu 84.29 85.27 84.58 4.54 0.98
Ile 43.83 41.33 44.57 2.66 0.46
Arg 61.62b 76.51a 63.70b 4.29 0.01
His 95.68b 122.67a 103.33b 7.08 0.01
Phe 28.58 27.71 24.97 3.74 0.61
Thr 79.82b 90.86a 79.58b 3.27 0.01
Val 71.67 69.68 71.58 4.16 0.87
TEAAd 569.79b 633.25a 576.57b 14.36 < 0.01
Ala 136.98 145.09 145.77 10.37 0.65
Gly 229.23 238.24 237.59 19.39 0.88
Glu 60.64b 72.16a 54.95b 4.03 < 0.01
Ser 62.78 66.73 66.51 2.21 0.17
Pro 66.76 64.08 64.58 5.16 0.86
Tyr 26.54 23.79 23.57 1.46 0.11
Cys 12.93 12.40 12.28 0.60 0.53
Asp 0.46 0.45 0.45 0.01 0.64
TNAAd 596.33 622.92 605.69 25.53 0.58
TFAAd 1166.11b 1256.17a 1182.25ab 29.41 0.02

a,bDifferent superscripts within a column represent significant differences (P < 0.05)

cControl, saline; Arg group, saline + 9.42 g/L L-Arg; Ala group: saline + 19.31 g/L L-Ala

dTEAA: Total essential amino acids; TNAA: Total non-essential amino acids; TFAA: total free amino acids