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Table 1 The effect of an amylopectin/chromium complex and branched-chain amino acids on serum amino acids levels

From: The addition of an amylopectin/chromium complex to branched-chain amino acids enhances muscle protein synthesis in rat skeletal muscle

Amino acid Groups
Exercise BCAAs BCAAs + ACr
Alanine 356.55 ± 9.75c 408.27 ± 11.18b 466.47 ± 9.76a
Arginine 59.20 ± 2.73b 65.77 ± 1.76b 78.02 ± 3.37a
Asparagine 40.42 ± 1.94c 57.73 ± 2.25b 66.88 ± 2.29a
Aspartate 32.61 ± 1.65 34.07 ± 2.69 33.99 ± 2.00
Citrulline 78.53 ± 4.27 75.40 ± 2.33 80.21 ± 4.29
Glutamate 114.81 ± 3.33b 125.67 ± 3.73ab 149.18 ± 10.05a
Glutamine 315.28 ± 3.53b 339.60 ± 5.98a 363.21 ± 2.54a
Glycine 266.95 ± 16.65 279.58 ± 20.31 286.77 ± 6.82
Histidine 97.67 ± 3.26c 115.20 ± 2.99b 127.37 ± 2.88a
Isoleucine 61.25 ± 2.84c 194.11 ± 6.70b 236.86 ± 7.59a
Leucine 90.75 ± 5.57c 382.74 ± 15.81b 461.55 ± 15.89a
Lysine 373.00 ± 9.96b 464.87 ± 14.82b 507.56 ± 13.46a
Methionine 40.19 ± 2.11c 56.81 ± 2.88b 70.51 ± 4.10a
Proline 70.69 ± 4.44 79.87 ± 6.50 82.90 ± 7.72
Serine 301.93 ± 15.42 322.57 ± 21.71 323.67 ± 13.92
Threonine 260.86 ± 11.10 297.06 ± 11.62 293.15 ± 14.33
Tryptophan 45.62 ± 1.29 43.83 ± 1.83 50.37 ± 4.10
Tyrosine 41.24 ± 2.45 37.95 ± 1.63 42.20 ± 3.28
Valine 212.50 ± 5.08c 234.61 ± 5.64b 272.66 ± 6.99a
  1. The data are presented as mean and standard error. a-c Mean values within the same row with different superscripts are statistically different (p < 0.05)