Altered Nitrogen Balance and Decreased Urea Excretion in Male Rats Fed Cafeteria Diet Are Related to Arginine Availability

Table 3

Plasma nitrate and nitrite concentrations of male rats fed a cafeteria diet for one month compared with controls fed a standard rat chow diet.

	Units	Control	Cafeteria diet-fed
Nitrite	𝜇M	3.4±1.6	3.3±1.3
Nitrate	𝜇M	48.0±4.7	45.6+6.6
Nitrate	% of total	94.5±2.6	92.8±2.8
NO𝑥 total	𝜇M	𝟓𝟏.𝟒±𝟔.𝟎	𝟒𝟒.𝟖±𝟕.𝟑

The values are the mean ± SEM for 6 different animals. There were no significant differences between the two groups (𝑃>0.05, Student’s 𝑡-test) for any parameter. WAT: white adipose tissue, BAT: brown adipose tissue.