Amino Acids Aged group Young Group 0 min 120 min 0 min. 120 min. (n=44) Control (n=13) glucose(n=15) sucrose(n=16) (n=36) Control (n=11) glucose(n=12) sucrose(n=13) Total AA(nmol/ml) 2865.2± 242.3+ 2769.3± 188.6 2337.3± 214.3**## 2535.8± 222.9**# 2727.8± 209.8+ 2508.0± 197.7** 2203.1± 145.6**## 2359.3± 196.2** NEAA(nmol/ml) 1884.2± 196.5++ 1799.7± 141.8 1595.0± 172.6**# 1752.3± 195.3 1763.7± 141.3++ 1624.6± 142.8* 1471.2± 104.0** 1598.9± 149.9** EAA(nmol/ml) 981.1± 93.6 969.6± 101.5 742.3± 66.7**## 783.5± 74.5**## 964.2± 95.0 883.3± 64.8# 731.9± 74.9 760.4± 70.5**## EAA/NEAA 0.525± 0.062 0.542± 0.065 0.468± 0.046**## 0.451± 0.058**## 0.548± 0.048 0.546± 0.033 0.499± 0.054* 0.477± 0.044**##

Table 3: 0 min of Aged group vs. Young group -1-:p<0.05, ++, p<0.01 0 min vs. 120 min. *:p<0.05, **:p<0.01 120 min. of Aged group vs. Young group #:p<0.05, 44, 4<0.01.