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Table 4 Area under the curves (AUC) for the first three post-prandial hours (nmol/mL per 195 min)

From: Fermentable soluble fibres spare amino acids in healthy dogs fed a low-protein diet

  

SF Diet

IF Diet

P-value

Symbol

Trivial name

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Group

Diet

Plasma acylcarnitine profile (AUC)

C0

Free carnitine

5550.9

905.5

5730.3

857.8

NS

NS

C2

Acetyl carnitine

477.2

192.2

415.4

144.8

NS

NS

C3

Propionyl carnitine

44.9

16.3

34.9

10.9

NS

NS

C4

Butyryl + Isobutyryl carnitine

70.5

34.2

34.4

8.9

NS

<0.01

C5

Isovaleryl carnitine, 3-

40.2

9.7

33.2

7.5

NS

NS

 

or 2-Methylbutyryl carnitine

3OH-C4

3- or b-hydroxy butyryl carnitine

8.1

3.8

5.0

2.0

NS

0.03

3OH-C5

3-Hydroxy-isovaleryl carnitine

40.0

22.9

22.1

4.9

0.05

0.03

C3DC

Malonyl-L-Carnitine

4.8

3.4

2.6

0.5

NS

0.09

C4DC

Methylmalonyl or Succinyl carnitine

11.6

3.9

8.7

1.9

NS

NS

Plasma amino acid profile (AUC)

Gly

Glycine

37061.5

6926.3

35606.5

7872.9

NS

NS

Ala

Alanine

12422.6

31817.2

100995.5

16122.9

NS

NS

Val

Valine

31261.0

3000.4

30484.3

5729.5

NS

NS

Leu

Leucine + Isoleucine

29483.5

3201.4

23726.8

5869.7

<0.01

<0.01

Orn

Ornithine

3194.6

791.7

2733.9

922.9

NS

NS

Met

Methionine

12199.7

750.4

11270.7

2351.2

0.02

NS

Phe

Phenylalanine

10036.0

887.4

7696.7

2760.1

0.04

0.02

Cit

Citrulline

10924.5

5001.4

13217.3

5684.5

NS

NS

Tyr

Tyrosine

7348.3

628.9

6137.7

1727.5

0.01

0.04

Cit/Orn

Citrulline/ornithine ratio

3.3

0.9

4.8

0.9

NS

<0.01