Table 3. Comparison of metabolites in plasma and muscle in Thoroughbred horses (TH) and Jeju horses (JH)
S.No. | Metabolites | Before (Mean ±SD) | After (Mean ±SD) |
TH | JH | p-value | TH | JH | p-value |
Plasma | | | | | | | |
1. | Alanine | 7.34 ± 0.42 | 5.40 ± 0.94 | 0.03* | 5.40 ± 2.22 | 5.53 ± 1.60 | 0.94 |
2. | Lysine | 1.30 ± 0.46 | 0.78 ± 0.26 | 0.16 | 1.54 ± 0.26 | 0.70 ± 0.13 | 0.008* |
3. | Methionine | 0.38 ± 0.04 | 0.21 ± 0.08 | 0.03* | 0.23 ± 0.09 | 0.26 ± 0.14 | 0.81 |
4. | Taurine | 0.66 ± 0.41 | 2.01 ± 0.13 | 0.01* | 0.99 ± 0.55 | 1.67 ± 0.49 | 0.18 |
Muscle | | | | | | | |
1. | Aspartate | 0.71 ± 0.28 | 1.62 ± 0.43 | 0.04* | 0.84 ± 0.84 | 1.03 ± 0.42 | 0.75 |
2. | Isoleucine | 0.16 ± 0.03 | 0.41 ± 0.12 | 0.02* | 0.29 ± 0.18 | 0.18 ± 0.07 | 0.39 |
3. | Leucine | 0.35 ± 0.07 | 1.19 ± 0.23 | 0.01* | 0.62 ± 0.37 | 0.43 ± 0.14 | 0.45 |
4. | Lysine | 0.19 ± 0.05 | 0.62 ± 0.22 | 0.03* | 0.24 ± 0.10 | 0.22 ± 0.11 | 0.84 |
5. | O-Phosphocholine | 0.47 ± 0.14 | 0.35 ± 0.07 | 0.27 | 0.61 ± 0.15 | 0.28 ± 0.08 | 0.03* |
p < 0.05.