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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Phenylbutyrate treatment was associated with (1) an approximately 15 % decline in plasma glutamine concentration (627 + / -39 vs. 530 + / -31 micromol l (-1) ; P < 0. 05), (2) no change in leucine appearance rate, an index of protein breakdown (124 + / -9 vs. 128 + / -9 micromol kg (-1) h (-1) ; NS) nor in non-oxidative leucine disposal, an index of whole body protein synthesis (94 + / -9 vs. 91 + / -7 micromol kg (-1) h (-1) ; NS), and (3) a approximately 25 % rise in leucine oxidation (30 + / -1 vs. 38 + / -2 micromol kg (-1) h (-1), P < 0. 05), despite an approximately 25 % decline (P < 0. 05) in leucine concentration.