Table 3.

Differentially abundant metabolites in cooked ¹ and raw ² atypical dark-cutting beef.

Metabolite	p-Value	Abundance (Cooked/Raw)	Type of Metabolite
Aspartic acid	0.019	over	Amino acid
Tryptophan	0.018	over	Amino acid
Glycyl-proline	0.005	over	Dipeptide
Isoleucine	0.032	over	Amino acid
Leucine	0.030	over	Amino acid
Serine	0.029	over	Amino acid
Phenylalanine	0.031	over	Amino acid
Isomaltose	0.010	over	Carbohydrate
Lyxose	0.003	over	Carbohydrate
Cellobiose	0.012	over	Carbohydrate
Squalene	0.005	less	Lipid
Dehydroascorbic acid	0.013	less	Vitamin (oxidized)
Nicotinamide	0.005	less	Vitamin
Threonic acid	0.033	less	Sugar acid

¹ Cooked atypical dark-cutting beef following 5 d of retail display and cooking to 71 °C. ² Raw atypical dark-cutting beef (pH slightly greater and darker in color) at the beginning of retail display.