Table 5 Area under the curves (AUC) for hours three to six postprandially (nmol/mL per 195Â min)
From: Fermentable soluble fibres spare amino acids in healthy dogs fed a low-protein diet
| Â | Â | SF Diet | IF Diet | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Symbol | Trivial name | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Group | Diet |
Plasma acylcarnitine profile (AUC) | |||||||
C0 | Free carnitine | 6573.5 | 944.6 | 6799.1 | 859.3 | NS | NS |
C2 | Acetyl carnitine | 494.4 | 256.1 | 294.0 | 50.3 | NS | 0.04 |
C3 | Propionyl carnitine | 48.6 | 16.8 | 33.8 | 6.9 | NS | 0.04 |
C4 | Butyryl + Isobutyryl carnitine | 78.4 | 42.5 | 35.0 | 5.0 | 0.03 | <0.01 |
C5 | Isovaleryl carnitine, 3- | 43.3 | 11.2 | 36.9 | 7.8 | NS | 0.06 |
| Â | or 2-Methylbutyryl carnitine | ||||||
3OH-C4 | 3- or b-hydroxy butyryl carnitine | 8.3 | 2.3 | 5.0 | 0.7 | NS | <0.01 |
3OH-C5 | 3-Hydroxy-isovaleryl carnitine | 42.4 | 18.4 | 22.3 | 3.1 | 0.04 | <0.01 |
C3DC | Malonyl-L-Carnitine | 5.0 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 0.4 | <0.01 | 0.01 |
C4DC | Methylmalonyl or Succinyl carnitine | 9.9 | 2.0 | 7.8 | 2.5 | NS | 0.08 |
Plasma amino acid profile (AUC) | |||||||
Gly | Glycine | 37525.4 | 9943.3 | 38286.3 | 6521.0 | NS | NS |
Ala | Alanine | 128622.7 | 46942.2 | 118073.8 | 31283.0 | NS | NS |
Val | Valine | 37175.3 | 3055.4 | 36034.5 | 8578.4 | NS | NS |
Leu | Leucine + Isoleucine | 34186.8 | 4728.2 | 29691.2 | 7663.0 | 0.07 | 0.01 |
Orn | Ornithine | 3233.7 | 777.1 | 3045.4 | 1156.7 | NS | NS |
Met | Methionine | 16235.4 | 1377.0 | 15971.2 | 3528.9 | 0.02 | NS |
Phe | Phenylalanine | 10421.0 | 1665.6 | 8482.4 | 2782.3 | 0.08 | 0.09 |
Cit | Citrulline | 11044.7 | 4896.4 | 16039.0 | 6558.6 | NS | NS |
Tyr | Tyrosine | 8278.0 | 688.0 | 7170.5 | 1659.4 | 0.02 | 0.06 |
Cit/Orn | Citrulline/ornithine ratio | 3.3 | 0.9 | 5.3 | 1.1 | 0.08 | <0.01 |