Table 6.
Effect of l-arginine or N-carbamylglutamate (NCG) supplementation on NAD and NADH level in the liver of intrauterine growth retarded suckling lambs1.
| Item | Groups2 |
SEM | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CON | IUGR | IUGR+1%Arg | IUGR+0.1%NCG | |||
| NAD, nmol/mg protein | 2.07c | 5.89a | 3.86b | 3.79b | 0.312 | 0.006 |
| NADH, nmol/mg protein | 1.37 | 1.41 | 1.35 | 1.39 | 0.061 | 0.119 |
| NAD-to-NADH ratio | 1.51c | 4.18a | 2.86b | 2.74b | 0.089 | 0.007 |
NAD = nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide; NADH = nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide hydride.
a,b,c Mean values within a row with different superscript letters were significantly different (P < 0.05).
1
Mean values with their SEM, n = 12 in each group.
2
CON: the normal birth weight group given a control diet; IUGR: intrauterine growth retardation group given a control diet; IUGR+1% Arg: intrauterine growth retardation group given a 1% l-arginine-supplemented diet; IUGR+0.1%NCG: intrauterine growth retardation group given a 0.1% N-carbamylglutamate-supplemented diet.