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Table 4 Experiment1: Selected plasma essential amino acid 1 and glucose 2 concentrations 90 min after feeding meals containing wheat, soy, egg, or whey proteins 3-4

From: Leucine content of dietary proteins is a determinant of postprandial skeletal muscle protein synthesis in adult rats

 

Baseline5

Wheat

Soy

Egg

Whey

Leucine

84 ± 4.6c

78 ± 4.3c

84 ± 5.6c

146 ± 8.4b

192 ± 11.4a

Isoleucine

56 ± 3.4d

50 ± 2.9d

74 ± 4.0c

121 ± 6.3b

144 ± 8.2a

Valine

117 ± 8.2cd

95 ± 5.2d

143 ± 8.1c

295 ± 14.2b

248 ± 13.7a

∑ BCAA

257 ± 16.0bc

223 ± 12.1c

301 ± 17.4b

562 ± 28.5a

584 ± 33.0a

Lysine

510 ± 29.8ab

527 ± 23.8ab

419 ± 37.2b

495 ± 35.6ab

549 ± 29.3a

Methionine

51 ± 2.9bc

46 ± 2.8bc

38 ± 4.1c

86 ± 6.8a

52 ± 5.2b

Threonine

252 ± 13.7c

269 ± 30.4bc

349 ± 40.6bc

357 ± 28.3ab

538 ± 51.2a

Glucose

7.8 ± 0.6b

9.9 ± 0.5a

8.5 ± 0.7ab

9.7 ± 0.8a

9.4 ± 0.4a

  1. 1Plasma amino acids expressed as μmol/L.
  2. 2Plasma glucose expressed as mmol/L.
  3. 3Values expressed as means ± SEM, n = 8-10. Means without a common letter differ (P < 0.05).
  4. 412 h food-deprived controls.