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Table 1 Amino acid concentrations in maternal plasma of control (n = 6) and testosterone-exposed dams (n = 6).

From: Prenatal testosterone-induced fetal growth restriction is associated with down-regulation of rat placental amino acid transport

Amino acid

Control (n = 6)

TP (n = 6)

pvalue

Taurine

0.13 ± 0.001

0.13 ± 0.005

1

Phosphoserine

1.58 ± 0.059

1.30 ± 0.211

0.23

Aspartic acid

0.25 ± 0.037

0.25 ± 0.008

1

Therionine

3.66 ± 0.076

3.62 ± 0.167

0.83

Asparagine

0.72 ± 0.070

1.16 ± 0.080*

0.002

Glutamic acid

2.24 ± 0.423

2.65 ± 0.295

0.45

Glutamine

12.86 ± 0.227

10.82 ± 0.581*

0.008

Glycine

3.07 ± 0.142

2.11 ± 0.138*

0.0007

Alanine

7.48 ± 0.186

7.14 ± 0.230

0.28

Citrulline

0.90 ± 0.174

0.88 ± 0.087

0.92

Valine

1.67 ± 0.161

2.08 ± 0.219

0.16

Methionine

0.57 ± 0.026

1.10 ± 0.253

0.06

Cystine

0.14 ± 0.015

0.27 ± 0.073

0.11

Isolucine

0.93 ± 0.051

1.21 ± 0.088*

0.02

Leucine

1.61 ± 0.048

2.05 ± 0.174*

0.03

Tyrosine

0.66 ± 0.022

0.74 ± 0.015*

0.01

Phenylalanine

0.90 ± 0.092

0.97 ± 0.065

0.55

Ornithine

0.73 ± 0.009

0.86 ± 0.135

0.36

Lysine

7.68 ± 1.19

10.58 ± 0.431*

0.04

Histidine

0.30 ± 0.023

0.49 ± 0.059*

0.01

Arginine

1.61 ± 0.235

2.81 ± 0.035*

0.0005

Serine

4.05 ± 0.138

3.09 ± 0.139*

0.0006

Hydroxyproline

0.55 ± 0.034

0.114 ± 0.043*

≤ 0.0001

Proline

3.54 ± 0.229

2.72 ± 0.162*

0.015

  1. *P < 0.05 versus control.