Plasma amino acid | Normal pigs (mL/kg·min ) | Diabetic pigs (mL/kg·min) |
---|---|---|
Essential: | ||
Arginine | 4.3 ± 0.8 | 10.4 ± 2.3* |
Histidine | 4.0 ± 0.8 | 4.2 ± 0.5 |
Isoleucine | 5.2 ± 0.9 | 5.5 ± 1.6 |
Leucine | 5.9 ± 0.9 | 6.8 ± 1.2 |
Lysine | 5.6 ± 1.2 | 6.9 ± 0.5 |
Methionine | 9.2 ± 1.1 | 16.3 ± 2.0 |
Phenylalanine | 5.8 ± 0.8 | 10.2 ± 1.6* |
Threonine | 4.5 ± 0.4 | 8.9 ± 0.8‡ |
Tryptophan | 2.1 ± 0.3 | 4.3 ± 1.2 |
Tyrosine | 5.6 ± 0.6 | 19.8 ± 5.5* |
Valine | 2.3 ± 0.3 | 2.5 ± 0.7 |
Non-essential: | ||
Alanine | 2.8 ± 0.2 | 10.7 ± 2.8* |
Asparagine | 6.5 ± 0.6 | 15.0 ± 1.9† |
Aspartate | 1.7 ± 0.2 | 4.8 ± 1.1* |
Cysteine | 2.4 ± 0.3 | 5.8 ± 1.1* |
Glutamine | 1.7 ± 0.1 | 5.1 ± 1.3* |
Glutamate | 4.1 ± 0.4 | 14.3 ± 2.1† |
Glycine | 2.3 ± 0.3 | 6.6 ± 1.6* |
Proline | 3.9 ± 0.4 | 6.9 ± 0.9* |
Serine | 5.3 ± 0.6 | 14.2 ± 3.1* |