Table 5.

Individual amino acids, total BCAA, total EAA and total amino acid area under the curve (AUC)

AUC [μmol /L • 180 min]
Amino acid	Protein plus probiotic		Protein		Protein plus probiotic vs. protein
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	p value (t test)	Difference (%)	Effect size (d)
Arginine	14,490.3	4677.7	13,954.3	6438.0	0.585	3.8	0.10
Glutamine	90,876.4	21,491.3	87,569.0	25,645.0	0.649	3.8	0.14
Citrulline	3936.4	1411.6	3922.3	1906.1	0.967	0.4	0.01
Serine	17,569.1	4194.0	17,464.6	6513.0	0.942	0.6	0.02
Asparagine	13,305.5	3226.3	12,212.4	3774.1	0.337	9.0	0.31
Glycine	33,083.9	9728.7	32,626.4	10,309.8	0.874	1.4	0.05
Threonine	22,917.0	4289.4	21,905.7	6917.8	0.621	4.6	0.18
Alanine	56,904.7	13,342.8	53,750.8	20,418.2	0.496	5.9	0.18
Ornithine	10,060.4	3334.2	9793.9	3678.8	0.693	2.7	0.08
Methionine	3558.9	1462.0	2966.9	1245.0	0.007*	20.0	0.44
Proline	43,142.9	10,833.0	42,124.2	19,636.2	0.780	2.4	0.06
Lysine	36,177.2	5057.1	35,387.7	10,758.1	0.759	2.2	0.09
Aspartic acid	711.7	259.4	591.1	277.9	0.125	20.4	0.45
Histidine	14,388.0	4519.9	10,248.1	3983.4	0.009*	40.4	0.97
Valine	65,216.4	17,782.9	53,682.1	17,525.3	0.013*	21.5	0.65
Glutamic acid	6523.0	3703.0	6384.9	3079.4	0.849	2.2	0.04
Tryptophan	13,056.3	4319.6	12,078.2	3535.2	0.276	8.1	0.25
Leucine	26,443.5	10,874.2	21,447.6	10,701.1	0.006*	23.3	0.46
Phenylalanine	8879.6	2629.0	8061.8	3371.5	0.086	10.1	0.27
Isoleucine	19,048.2	6642.5	15,116.5	5961.5	0.017*	26.0	0.62
Cysteine	3016.2	932.8	3024.9	1468.0	0.978	− 0.3	− 0.01
Tyrosine	10,790.8	3532.4	9306.0	3923.5	0.009*	16.0	0.40
Total BCAA	110,886.8	33,142.0	90,304.5	33,001.5	0.008*	22.8	0.62
Total EAA	210,115.0	41,010.5	181,071.7	54,739.9	0.005*	16.0	0.60
Total amino acids	515,152.2	79,378.2	474,059.9	139,979.5	0.136	8.7	0.36