| Ala | alanine |
| ANOVA | analysis of variance |
| Arg | arginine |
| Asp | aspartic acid |
| EAA | essential amino acids |
| FAO | the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization |
| FHJZ | Fujian, Hubei, Jiangxi, Zhejiang |
| GJS | Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shanghai |
| Glu | glutamic acid |
| Gly | glycine |
| His | histidine |
| Ile | isoleucine |
| Leu | leucine |
| Lys | lysine |
| Met | methionine |
| PCA | principal component analysis |
| Phe | phenylalanine |
| PLS-DA | partial least squares discriminant analysis |
| Pro | proline |
| Ser | serine |
| TAA | total amino acids |
| Thr | threonine |
| Tyr | tyrosine |
| Val | valine |
| VIP | Variable importance in projection |