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. 2019 Nov 19;14(11):e0220757. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220757

Table 2. Plasma insulin and amino acid at baseline (0 min) and postprandial (60 min).

EAA, essential amino acids; NEAA, non-essential amino acids.

WPH NEAA Control
Time (min) 0 60 Δ (0–60) 0 60 Δ (0–60)
Humoral Biomarkers
Insulin (pM) 92 ± 33 133±38* 41 ± 14 67 ± 26 95 ± 31* 28 ± 6
EAA (μmol/L)
Leucine 127 ± 5 333 ± 11* 207 ± 11 151 ± 13 138 ± 10 -13 ± 7#
Isoleucine 63 ± 5 195 ± 11* 133 ± 8 74 ± 8 67 ± 6 -7 ± 4#
Valine 228 ± 7 398 ± 10* 170 ± 9 246 ± 16 242 ± 12 -5 ± 9#
Histidine 77 ± 2 91 ± 4* 14 ± 3 83 ± 5 85 ± 4 2 ± 3#
Lysine 183 ± 8 363 ± 17* 180 ± 13 172 ± 14 183 ± 14 11 ± 6#
Methionine 22 ± 3 45 ± 2* 23 ± 4 26 ± 2 26 ± 2 0 ± 1#
Phenylalanine 53 ± 2 71 ± 3* 18 ± 1 57 ± 5 51 ± 11* -6 ± 2#
Threonine 117 ± 12 230 ± 14* 112 ± 5 108 ± 9 151 ± 11* 44 ± 4#
Tryptophan 67 ± 4 124 ± 7* 57 ± 5 72 ± 8 71 ± 6 -1 ± 4#
Total EAA (μmol/L) 936 ±28 1849 ±45* 914 ± 41 989 ± 67 1013 ± 55 24 ± 37#
± 37
NEAA (μmol/L)
Alanine 267 ± 33 416 ± 40* 148 ± 12 326 ± 37 571 ± 56* 245 ± 20#
Arginine 76 ± 5 127 ± 9* 52 ± 7 80 ± 9 79 ± 8 -1 ± 5#
Asparagine 125 ± 8 187 ± 12* 62 ± 5 131 ± 20 255 ± 18* 125 ± 22#
Aspartic acid 0 ± 0 4 ± 1* 3 ± 1 0 ± 0 11 ± 2* 11 ± 2#
Glutamine 547 ± 20 653 ± 37* 106 ± 20 616 ± 33 746 ± 43* 131 ± 23
Glutamic acid 48 ± 11 63 ± 7* 14 ± 6 36 ± 8 137 ± 13* 101 ± 12#
Glycine 215 ± 20 248 ± 24* 33 ± 6 186 ± 17 328 ± 30* 143 ± 15#
Tyrosine 62 ± 4 100 ± 6* 38 ± 3 60 ± 7 98 ± 11* 38 ± 5
Total NEAA (μmol/L) 1341 ± 59 1798 ± 72* 457 ± 18 1433 ± 92 2227 ± 126* 793 ± 66#
Total AA (μmol/L) 2276 ± 81 3647 ± 67* 1371 ± 33 2422 ± 149 3239 ± 175* 817 ± 97#

Data are Mean ± SEM (n = 6); NA: Not Available

*within groups p<0.05 and

#between groups p<0.05