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. 2019 Sep 3;9:12669. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-49078-0

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Short-term agmatine treatment effects on plasma L-arginine metabolism. Mean (±SEM) L-arginine (A), L-citrulline (B), L-ornithine (C), glutamine (D), glutamate (E), GABA (F), agmatine (G), putrescine (H), spermidine (I) and spermine (J) concentrations in the plasma of wild-type mice 30 min post-treatment with agmatine sulfate by intraperitoneal (IP) injection at 0 or 40 mg/kg or oral gavage at 0, 300, 600 and 900 mg/kg (n = 4–5/group). Treatment resulted in dose-dependent increases in plasma agmatine and putrescine levels, mainly in the oral treatment groups. *Indicates significant treatment effects compared with the saline group at *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01 or ***p < 0.001.