Table 1.

Effects of LABs on amino acid concentrations (μM) in serum of H. pylori-infected mice. Values are mean ± SEM, n = 10. ^a–d Values in a row without a common letter differ, p < 0.05.

Amino Acid	Control	Infection	Multi-LAB	P2	L21	JB3
Alanine	387.27 ± 15.54 b	170.69 ± 4.00 c	385.90 ± 12.24 b	452.97 ± 16.63 a	358.01 ± 12.43 b	370.54 ± 18.48 b
Arginine	244.91 ± 20.99 a	169.04 ± 8.65 c	256.76 ± 11.04 a	237.04 ± 10.01 a	213.72 ± 9.35 a,b	183.65 ± 15.56 b,c
Aspartate	15.66 ± 2.14 a	7.01 ± 0.86 c	14.58 ± 0.23 a,b	13.05 ± 1.21 a,b	11.18 ± 0.77 b	11.70 ± 0.93 b
Cysteine	1.29 ± 0.16 a	0.20 ± 0.14 b	0.60 ± 0.26 b	0.56 ± 0.27 b	0.50 ± 0.24 b	0.40 ± 0.12 b
Glutamine	1761.05 ± 68.33 a	1324.64 ± 65.06 c,d	1316.64 ± 37.69 c,d	1462.99 ± 42.32 b,c	1565.80 ± 31.85 b	1217.54 ± 67.22 d
Glutamate	165.03 ± 12.18 a	87.52 ± 3.80 c	140.44 ± 4.06 b	125.19 ± 5.97 b	123.30 ± 4.47 b	141.59 ± 6.07 b
Glycine	310.79 ± 14.03 a	260.17 ± 9.95 b	327.63 ± 12.2 a	309.92 ± 8.89 a	324.10 ± 9.68 a	317.36 ± 9.22 a
Leucine/Isoleucine	268.83 ± 12.11 a	183.40 ± 5.14 d	191.54 ± 3.88 b,c	162.92 ± 5.85 c	181.73 ± 9.14 c	207.68 ± 2.88 b
Methionine	62.83 ± 3.87 a	29.56 ± 1.18 c	50.54 ± 3.07 b	50.07 ± 1.37 b	44.65 ± 1.36 b	44.64 ± 2.20 b
Phenylalanine	98.09 ± 3.98 a	78.95 ± 2.88 c	85.34 ± 2.17 b,c	80.90 ± 2.28 b,c	88.14 ± 2.78 b	96.41 ± 2.43 a
Proline	372.18 ± 18.59 a,b	224.47 ± 10.47 d	276.82 ± 10.56 c	338.46 ± 11.66 b	382.92 ± 20.11 a	367.11 ± 11.49 a,b
Serine	63.32 ± 2.44 a	33.48 ± 1.69 d	52.06 ± 0.87 b	47.27 ± 1.55b c	48.67 ± 1.19b c	43.91 ± 1.77 c
Threonine	83.03 ± 5.10 a	42.15 ± 1.49 c	56.60 ± 1.46 b	58.89 ± 2.72 b	59.91 ± 3.46 b	57.42 ± 2.04 b
Tryptophan	73.49 ± 3.20 a	51.36 ± 3.64 c	69.89 ± 4.23 a	64.21 ± 4.30 a,b	55.54 ± 2.67 b,c	53.42 ± 2.63 c