Acute Effect of a Protein Supplement on Targeted Plasma Amino Acid Profile among Healthy Asian Indians: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 2

Plasma levels of essential amino acids at baseline in the treatment and control arms.

	Control arm (μmol/L)			Treatment arm (μmol/L)
	Minimum	Maximum	Mean ± SD	Minimum	Maximum	Mean ± SD
Isoleucine	36.2	109.6	63.9 ± 16.5	38.9	160.1	70.9 ± 26.9
Leucine	49.4	121.4	85.0 ± 23.3	46.8	144.5	87.8 ± 26.2
Valine	101.2	209.6	157.7 ± 29.5	105.6	222.9	165.8 ± 31.9
Methionine	16.9	40.5	28.8 ± 6.8	19.0	55.6	28.7 ± 8.7
Lysine	78.9	208.8	123.9 ± 29.7	75.0	274.4	125.6 ± 40.7
Threonine	98.8	188.2	134.7 ± 27.6	81.9	202.1	136.3 ± 41.2
Tryptophan	62.1	134.6	101.8 ± 20.7	65.2	216.2	107.9 ± 32.8
Phenylalanine	41.6	84.1	64.5 ± 10.3	51.0	112.6	65.5 ± 13.7
Histidine	25.1	117.7	64.4 ± 26.7	21.6	124.4	60.5 ± 26.6

SD: standard deviation.