Table 3.

Concentrations of metabolites in bovine oviductal extracellular vesicles according to the stage of the estrous cycle and the side relative to ovulation (ipsilateral vs. contralateral). Data are given as means ± SEM of nmoL mg⁻¹ of oEV proteins.

	Pre-Ovulatory		Post-Ovulatory		Mid-Luteal		Late-Luteal
	Ipsi	Contra	Ipsi	Contra	Ipsi	Contra	Ipsi	Contra
Acetate	2.5 ± 0.6	2.8 ± 0.1	2.7 ± 0.2	2.7 ± 0.2	2.9 ± 0.3	2.8 ± 0.0	2.8 ± 0.2	2.8 ± 0.2
Acetone	0.6 ± 0.2	0.7 ± 0.0	0.9 ± 0.0	0.9 ± 0.0	1.0 ± 0.1	0.9 ± 0.0	1.0 ± 0.1	0.9 ± 0.0
Alanine	16.7 ± 3.7	18.1 ± 0.9	15.5 ± 1.6	14.9 ± 1.4	15.5 ± 2.3	13.8 ± 0.3	13.4 ± 0.9	13.8 ± 1.6
Carnitine	4.8 ± 0.8	6.1 ± 0.2	4.3 ± 0.4	4.9 ± 0.6	5.5 ± 0.6	5.7 ± 0.9	5.5 ± 0.8	5.6 ± 0.8
Choline	8.8 ± 1.6	9.4 ± 0.5	10.9 ± 0.9	9.7 ± 0.8	10.3 ± 1.7	10.2 ± 0.4	8.6 ± 0.4	9.5 ± 1.2
Creatine	7.8 ± 1.8	8.4 ± 0.4	7.7 ± 0.6	7.8 ± 0.6	7.9 ± 0.9	7.9 ± 0.5	7.7 ± 0.6	7.7 ± 0.9
Glucose-1-phosphate	1.1 ± 0.6	0.7 ± 0.5	0.8 ± 0.5	3.1 ± 1.5	9.8 ± 2.1	39.5 ± 5.7	87.2 ± 41.8	117.1 ± 1.4
Glycine	25.2 ± 5.0	31.4 ± 5.7	30.8 ± 3.1	25.0 ± 2.1	39.3 ± 6.4	26.5 ± 0.9	27.5 ± 1.8	25.8 ± 4.2
Isoleucine	2.6 ± 0.5	3.2 ± 0.2	2.8 ± 0.3	2.6 ± 0.3	2.7 ± 0.3	2.5 ± 0.0	2.5 ± 0.4	2.4 ± 0.4
Lactate	33.0 ± 6.4	37.7 ± 2.4	36.7 ± 3.1	36.9 ± 2.5	43.0 ± 4.1	41.9 ± 2.7	43.3 ± 6.9	43.7 ± 6.1
Maltose	13.9 ± 5.0	19.1 ± 5.0	14.1 ± 1.7	29.3 ± 10.6	53.2 ± 4.3	110.5 ± 13.1	203.7 ± 9.7	225.1 ± 32.9
Methionine	10.0 ± 1.9	9.8 ± 0.6	8.7 ± 1.0	9.2 ± 1.0	7.3 ± 0.9	7.4 ± 0.6	6.2 ± 0.8	6.4 ± 0.8
Myoinositol	37.6 ± 7.9	41.5 ± 2.2	43.8 ± 4.2	44.4 ± 4.2	50.9 ± 5.5	51.5 ± 3.1	47.8 ± 5.7	50.4 ± 6.2
Succinate	0.7 ± 0.2	0.7 ± 0.0	0.9 ± 0.1	0.8 ± 0.1	1.1 ± 0.1	0.9 ± 0.1	1.0 ± 0.2	0.8 ± 0.2
Valine	3.2 ± 0.8	3.8 ± 0.2	3.3 ± 0.4	3.3 ± 0.4	3.2 ± 0.5	2.9 ± 0.0	2.7 ± 0.2	2.7 ± 0.2