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Table 4 Total amounts (concentration × volume) of amino acids, agmatine, polyamines, and hexose sugars (mg) in allantoic fluid

From: Pre-implantation exogenous progesterone and pregnancy in sheep. II. Effects on fetal-placental development and nutrient transporters in late pregnancy

Nutrient

Effect

Treatment

Litter size

Fetal sex

CO

P4

Single

Twin

Male

Female

Amino acid

 Alanine

39 ± 6.1

30.9 ± 9

40.8 ± 7.4

31.3 ± 7.3

40.9 ± 6.5

25.6 ± 8.5

 β-Alanine

51.2 ± 12.2

36.4 ± 9.8

39.2 ± 14.7

48.6 ± 9.3

45.3 ± 8.1

43.6 ± 17.9

 Arginine

57.4 ± 9.8

64.2 ± 20.6

46.4 ± 9.3

70.1 ± 16.4

75.2 ± 14.4a

33.2 ± 10.1b

 Asparagine

11 ± 3.7

7.3 ± 2

9.2 ± 2

9.5 ± 3.6

11.48 ± 3.3a

5.4 ± 1.6b

 Aspartate

4 ± 0.6

5.7 ± 0.8

4.7 ± 0.8

4.8 ± 0.6

5.3 ± 0.6

3.8 ± 0.7

 Citrulline

16.3 ± 3.9

8.7 ± 2.2

14.9 ± 2.8

11.5 ± 3.7

15.7 ± 3.2

7.8 ± 3.2

 Glutamate

15.2 ± 1.6a

10.8 ± 1.2b

13.5 ± 1.5

13.1 ± 1.5

14.3 ± 1.1

11.4 ± 2.2

 Glutamine

54.5 ± 10.3

58.1 ± 15.6

70.1 ± 12.4

45.4 ± 12.2

71.3 ± 11.8a

29.7 ± 9.8b

 Glycine

27.4 ± 5

29.8 ± 6.8

30.8 ± 6.2

26.8 ± 5.4

35 ± 5.1a

16.4 ± 5.2b

 Histidine

19.8 ± 5.9

15.4 ± 3.6

19.5 ± 3.1

16.7 ± 5.9

18.6 ± 2.7a

8.2 ± 2.4b

 Isoleucine

5.6 ± 1.9

3.4 ± 0.9

5.1 ± 0.9

4.3 ± 1.8

5.8 ± 1.6a

2.4 ± 0.9b

 Leucine

12.2 ± 3.8

7.2 ± 1.7

10.4 ± 1.7

9.7 ± 3.7

9.3 ± 1.4

5.9 ± 2

 Lysine

27.9 ± 3.9

31.2 ± 7.4

34.4 ± 6.2

35 ± 10.5

41.8 ± 9.4a

21.9 ± 5.9b

 Methionine

4.1 ± 1.5

3.5 ± 1

3.3 ± 0.8

4.2 ± 1.4

3.4 ± 0.7

2.3 ± 0.7

 Ornithine

11.51 ± 2.2

16.2 ± 5.4

17.8 ± 3.3

10.6 ± 3.8

14 ± 3.7

12.9 ± 3.5

 Phenylalanine

6.4 ± 1.6

5 ± 1.1

6.9 ± 1

4.9 ± 1.6

7.2 ± 1.4a

3.2 ± 0.9b

 Serine

1099 ± 143.3

998.4 ± 174.2

908.6 ± 147.4

1105 ± 157.6

1219 ± 103.7a

667 ± 219.8b

 Taurine

417.8 ± 65.1

358.9 ± 58.7

496.9 ± 81.9a

318.2 ± 43.5b

473.2 ± 58.7a

242.5 ± 38.8b

 Threonine

27 ± 7.3

24 ± 6.3

30.6 ± 7.9

22.2 ± 6.2

33.8 ± 6.8a

10.8 ± 3.1b

 Tryptophan

7.6 ± 1.1

7.9 ± 1.4

9 ± 1.1

6.9 ± 1.2

9.1 ± 1a

4.8 ± 1b

 Tyrosine

14 ± 4.4

9.1 ± 3.4

8.1 ± 1.3

14.4 ± 4.8

12.8 ± 3.6

10.1 ± 5.1

 Valine

15.6 ± 3.7

9.5 ± 2.6

16.8 ± 3.2

10.2 ± 3.3

15.4 ± 3.2

8.2 ± 3.1

Agmatine and polyamines

 Agmatine

5.3 ± 0.7

5.8 ± 0.8

6.7 ± 0.9

4.6 ± 0.6

6.1 ± 0.6

4.3 ± 1.1

 Putrescine

0.26 ± 0.04

0.23 ± 0.04

0.24 ± 0.03

0.25 ± 0.05

0.26 ± 0.02

0.22 ± 0.07

 Spermidine

0.006 ± 0.01

0.06 ± 0.01

0.051 ± 0.01

0.076 ± 0.01

0.086 ± 0.02a

0.057 ± 0.007b

 Spermine

0.11 ± 0.01

0.13 ± 0.02

0.12 ± 0.01

0.11 ± 0.02

0.11 ± 0.01

0.12 ± 0.02

Hexose sugars

 Glucose

11.9 ± 1.6

10.6 ± 1.0

12.4 ± 1.3

10.6 ± 1.4

11.6 ± 1

11 ± 2

 Fructose

667.6 ± 144.3

688.7 ± 117.2

574.7 ± 87.6

748.4 ± 148.3

676.4 ± 93.6

677.7 ± 212.5

  1. Total amounts of nutrients in allantoic fluid from ewes treated with either CO (n = 14) or P4 (n = 10), from either singleton (n = 14) or twin pregnancies (n = 10), and associated with either male (n = 21) or female (n = 13) fetuses. Values represent means ± SEM. Different superscripts within Effect columns are significantly different (P < 0.05)