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.