Table 4 Time course changes in plasma concentrations of selected amino acids in healthy controls ¹

Arginine

11.0 ± 1.0

14.6 ± 2.3

13.0 ± 1.1

10.7 ± 0.8

10.3 ± 1.4

9.6 ± 0.9

9.3 ± 0.5

10.7 ± 0.9

11.3 ± 1.5

8.5 ± 0.8*

Asparagine

7.9 ± 1.0

9.8 ± 0.6

9.9 ± 0.5

7.5 ± 0.4

6.7 ± 0.6

7.0 ± 0.5

7.1 ± 0.5

8.4 ± 1.0

8.5 ± 0.8

6.5 ± 0.5

Serine

15.8 ± 2.0

17.1 ± 1.5

16.9 ± 1.1

14.1 ± 0.8

11.0 ± 0.5

14.1 ± 1.5

13.4 ± 1.2

16.4 ± 1.7

16.4 ± 1.4

13.8 ± 0.9

Glutamine

95.3 ± 2.4

101.7 ± 3.9

108.2 ± 2.2**

105.0 ± 6.4

96.9 ± 4.4

104.9 ± 6.2

96.7 ± 3.7

111.0 ± 6.8

121.8 ± 9.1

105.0 ± 5.4

Taurine

10.2 ± 0.8

9.9 ± 1.0

10.2 ± 1.2

9.3 ± 1.3

10.5 ± 1.2

10.8 ± 1.1

7.6 ± 0.4**

8.5 ± 1.0

9.8 ± 0.9

9.6 ± 0.8

Glycine

43.4 ± 2.1

48.0 ± 3.0

47.5 ± 2.0

46.5 ± 4.4

37.6 ± 2.9

47.5 ± 2.7

37.6 ± 2.3*

42.3 ± 3.2

43.8 ± 3.4

37.2 ± 1.6**

Proline

73.3 ± 4.7

86.1 ± 4.7*

93.6 ± 4.8**

82.3 ± 4.2

75.5 ± 3.9

69.6 ± 3.5

81.5 ± 3.7

91.0 ± 4.2*

112.6 ± 7.6**

92.5 ± 3.3**

Lysine

20.3 ± 2.5

21.7 ± 2.8

20.6 ± 1.5

18.5 ± 2.5

18.1 ± 2.5

17.4 ± 2.2

18.1 ± 1.6

22.3 ± 1.9

21.8 ± 3.2

17.5 ± 2.2

Valine

92.5 ± 7.0

98.0 ± 4.5*

102.6 ± 4.4*

91.4 ± 4.4

84.6 ± 5.2

89.1 ± 6.0

89.9 ± 5.0*

110.3 ± 7.5*

119.3 ± 6.3**

103.4 ± 5.5*

Isoleucine

35.0 ± 3.1

46.5 ± 3.3

47.3 ± 2.9*

39.4 ± 2.5

36.9 ± 2.5

31.3 ± 2.5

39.0 ± 2.6**

46.7 ± 3.5*

48.1 ± 3.0*

36.6 ± 1.8

Leucine

80.3 ± 6.2

92.2 ± 5.0

91.9 ± 4.5

74.8 ± 3.7

68.4 ± 4.2

72.0 ± 4.9

84.6 ± 4.8**

101.0 ± 7.3

103.7 ± 6.0*

83.9 ± 5.3

∑BCAA

206.2 ± 17.3

236.7 ± 16.3

241.7 ± 16.9**

205.5 ± 15.3

190.0 ± 14.0

192.4 ± 17.2

228.8 ± 17.1

257.9 ± 19.8*

265.4 ± 20.4*

226.1 ± 19.1*

∑Total AA ²

545.5 ± 52.9

577.0 ± 28.9

597.3 ± 20.6

526.5 ± 25.8

486.6 ± 28.8

505.8 ± 29.0

527.5 ± 28.9

597.5 ± 37.1*

658.2 ± 38.7**

540.5 ± 24.0*