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Table 3 Individual amino acids, total BCAA, total EAA, and total amino acid area under the curve (AUC, μmol /L 180 min)

From: Bacillus coagulans GBI-30, 6086 improves amino acid absorption from milk protein

Amino acid

MPC

MPC + BC30

MPC vs. MPC + BC30

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

p value (t-test)

% Difference

ES (d)

95% CI

Arginine

329

84

368

66

0.028

11.8

0.52

(− 73.2, − 4.5)

Glutamine

2,478

281

2,483

307

0.924

0.2

0.02

(− 102.2, 92.9)

Citrulline

148

36

145

28

0.541

− 1.8

− 0.08

(− 6.1, 11.4)

Serine

421

71

439

73

0.131

4.2

0.24

(− 40.7, 5.6)

Asparagine

331

80

312

71

0.261

− 5.8

− 0.26

(− 15.0, 53.3)

Glycine

914

221

967

271

0.095

5.4

0.20

(− 109.0, 9.3)

Threonine

571

124

572

118

0.962

0.2

0.01

(− 47.9, 45.7)

Alanine

1,416

341

1,472

293

0.268

3.9

0.17

(− 156.4, 45.2)

Ornithine

266

61

284

70

0.165

6.9

0.28

(− 44.6, 8.0)

Methionine

131

26

138

19

0.101

6.0

0.34

(− 17.4, 1.6)

Proline

966

213

974

174

0.773

0.8

0.04

(− 63.4, 47.6)

Lysine

826

133

842

117

0.451

2.0

0.13

(− 62.0, 28.3)

Aspartic acid

18

7

19

9

0.824

2.4

0.05

(− 4.8, 3.8)

Histidine

327

44

324

34

0.642

− 0.9

− 0.09

(− 10.1, 16.1)

Valine

1,527

219

1,560

263

0.378

2.1

0.13

(− 107.3, 42.0)

Glutamic acid

134

40

148

53

0.088

9.4

0.30

(− 30.3, 2.2)

Tryptophan

382

74

397

94

0.485

3.8

0.18

(− 58.5, 28.5)

Leucine

770

102

797

122

0.123

3.5

0.24

(− 61.1, 7.7)

Phenylalanine

289

59

303

41

0.072

4.9

0.28

(29.8, 1.4)

Isoleucine

384

52

403

62

0.050

4.7

0.32

(− 36.5, 0.00)

Cysteine

72

30

77

34

0.482

7.7

0.17

(− 21.3, 10.3)

Tyrosine

344

59

356

60

0.265

3.6

0.21

(− 34.9, 10.0)

Total BCAA

2,698

364

2,762

433

0.301

2.4

0.16

(− 188.1, 60.2)

Total EAA

4,636

553

4,764

565

0.166

2.8

0.23

(− 313.8, 56.6)

Total Amino Acids

13,048

1,433

13,381

1,140

0.146

2.6

0.26

(− 789.3, 123.0)

  1. Values inside table are the calculated areas under the curves (AUC) using the trapezoidal rule for each participant who completed the study protocol. Italic-type face = between-group difference (p < 0.05)