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. 2019 Oct 13;2019:7521715. doi: 10.1155/2019/7521715

Table 2.

Effects of leucine on the activities of enzymes in vitro.

Item Levels of leucine (mM)1 SEM2 P
0 0.40 0.80 1.60
Tissue concentration (U/g)
α-Amylase 572b 681a 658a 581b 48.5 0.017
 Trypsin 3.45c 5.69b 7.67a 3.88c 0.573 <0.001
 Chymotrypsin 2.68b 4.31a 4.86a 3.11b 0.736 0.008
 Lipase 402 497 530 525 38.8 0.258
Release (U/g tissue)
α-Amylase 221c 308a 310a 268b 37.6 0.012
 Trypsin 1.05b 2.57a 2.48a 2.71a 0.474 0.029
 Chymotrypsin 0.88b 2.30ab 2.61a 2.77a 0.385 0.024
 Lipase 116 112 125 121 17.1 0.207
Total activity (U/g tissue)
α-Amylase 793b 989a 968a 849b 75.145 <0.001
 Trypsin 4.50c 8.26ab 10.15a 6.59b 0.652 0.005
 Chymotrypsin 3.36c 6.61ab 7.47a 5.88b 0.536 0.012
 Lipase 518 607 655 646 20.7 0.092

1One-way ANOVA. Differences were considered significant at P < 0.05. 2Pooled standard error of the means, n = 3, a–cMeans within a row not sharing the same superscript differ significantly (P < 0.05).