Effects of Chinese herbal medicine on plasma glucose, protein and energy metabolism in sheep

Table 3 Effects of Chinese herbal medicine on concentrations of plasma metabolites at pre-infusion period in sheep

Items	MH-diet	CHM-diet	SEM	P-value
Essential amino acids, μmol/L
Threonine	258	282	20	0.07
Valine	268	315	17	0.13
Methionine	25	27	2	0.52
Iso-leucine	89	109	7	0.21
Leucine	129	156	9	0.09
Phenylalanine	61	68	4	0.06
Histidine	58	64	3	0.44
Lysine	112	130	9	0.16
Non essential amino acids, μmol/L
Aspartic acid	7.2	8.1	1.1	0.02
Serine	141	159	6	0.30
Asparagine	52	60	3	0.24
Glutamic acid	78	90	4	0.15
Glutamine	311	349	17	0.32
Glycine	467	501	25	0.39
Alanine	190	207	9	0.08
Tyrosine	90	95	7	0.37
Tryptophan	32	47	4	0.34
Arginine	141	149	11	0.19
Proline	107	124	8	0.09
Total amino acid	2616	2940	268	0.07
Urea, mmol/L	6.5	7.2	0.8	0.10
NEFA, mEq/L	0.16	0.14	0.03	0.12

MH-diet = mixed hay of orchardgrass and reed canarygrass; CHM-diet = MH-diet supplemented with 2% of Chinese herbal medicine mixture; SEM = standard error of the mean; NEFA = non-esterified fatty acid.

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