Table 6 Individual amino acid concentrations are shown at preclamp (basal) and at steady state during the hyperinsulinaemic euglycaemic euaminoacidaemic clamp in 8 normal pigs infused with an AA-mixture (Table 1) designed for normal pigs.
Plasma amino acid | Preclamp (basal) (μ mol/L) | Steady state clamp (μ mol/L) | Deviation from basal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
VC (%) | VC (%) | (%) | P -value | |||
Essential: | ||||||
Arginine | 109 ± 4 | 8 | 100 ± 4 | 7 | -8 | |
Histidine | 46 ± 3 | 11 | 50 ± 3 | 6 | 9 | |
Isoleucine | 111 ± 12 | 5 | 94 ± 10 | 6 | -15 | |
Leucine | 168 ± 7 | 4 | 160 ± 12 | 5 | -5 | |
Lysine | 85 ± 6 | 12 | 72 ± 6 | 11 | -15 | |
Methionine | 27 ± 1 | 7 | 25 ± 1 | 7 | -7 | |
Phenylalanine | 49 ± 2 | 8 | 50 ± 3 | 5 | 2 | |
Threonine | 121 ± 10 | 8 | 121 ± 7 | 6 | 0 | |
Tryptophan | 39 ± 3 | 13 | 43 ± 2 | 4 | 10 | |
Tyrosine | 56 ± 5 | 7 | 53 ± 2 | 6 | -5 | |
Valine | 291 ± 28 | 6 | 259 ± 13 | 5 | -11 | |
Non-essential: | ||||||
Alanine | 422 ± 28 | 8 | 418 ± 34 | 7 | -1 | |
Asparagine | 49 ± 4 | 11 | 46 ± 3 | 7 | -6 | |
Aspartate | 20 ± 2 | 21 | 18 ± 1 | 12 | -10 | |
Cysteine | 35 ± 4 | 6 | 35 ± 3 | 4 | 0 | |
Glutamine | 551 ± 27 | 6 | 585 ± 22 | 5 | 6 | |
Glutamate | 182 ± 10 | 9 | 178 ± 10 | 10 | -2 | |
Glycine | 799 ± 32 | 6 | 866 ± 33 | 4 | 8 | |
Proline | 201 ± 12 | 4 | 214 ± 7 | 4 | 6 | |
Serine | 142 ± 6 | 13 | 129 ± 8 | 7 | -9 | |