Plasma amino acid | Normal pigs (mL/kg·min) | Diabetic pigs (mL/kg·min) |
---|---|---|
Essential: | ||
Arginine | 5.2 ± 0.5 | 7.2 ± 1.4 |
Histidine | 5.3 ± 0.7 | 5.7 ± 0.5 |
Isoleucine | 7.0 ± 1.3 | 6.2 ± 0.7 |
Leucine | 7.3 ± 1.0 | 7.3 ± 0.7 |
Lysine | 7.4 ± 0.9 | 7.2 ± 1.1 |
Methionine | 11.4 ± 1.4 | 16.1 ± 2.4 |
Phenylalanine | 8.2 ± 1.3 | 9.3 ± 1.1 |
Threonine | 5.2 ± 0.5 | 8.1 ± 1.3* |
Tryptophan | 2.7 ± 0.3 | 3.0 ± 0.6 |
Tyrosine | 6.4 ± 0.7 | 14.3 ± 2.5† |
Valine | 3.6 ± 0.8 | 2.8 ± 0.4 |
Non-essential: | ||
Alanine | 3.2 ± 0.4 | 14.2 ± 2.4‡ |
Asparagine | 9.5 ± 1.8 | 22.1 ± 5.4* |
Aspartate | 2.0 ± 0.2 | 0 ± 0 |
Cysteine | 4.1 ± 0.8 | 6.7 ± 1.2 |
Glutamine | 2.1 ± 0.2 | 2.4 ± 0.6 |
Glutamate | 5.0 ± 0.6 | 10.6 ± 1.3‡ |
Glycine | 2.9 ± 0.3 | 5.2 ± 1.5 |
Proline | 4.9 ± 0.5 | 8.6 ± 0.9† |
Serine | 6.5 ± 0.7 | 9.5 ± 1.9 |