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Table 3.

Amino acid profile of Hilsa shad eggs sampled from three distinct regions of Bangladesh (n = 3).

Amino acids (%)	Locations
Amino acids (%)	Cox’s Bazar	Chandpur	Patuakhali
Asp	8.60 ± 0.10^c	9.07 ± 0.15^b	9.50 ± 0.20^a
Ser	9.10 ± 0.20^a	6.73 ± 0.11^b	6.27 ± 0.06^c
Glu	14.60 ± 0.10^b	14.93 ± 0.10^a	14.20 ± 0.10^c
Gly	3.87 ± 0.15^a	3.47 ± 0.06^b	3.40 ± 0.10^b
Ala	12.77 ± 0.21	13.03 ± 0.12	13.00 ± 0.10
Cys	1.60 ± 0.10^c	2.30 ± 0.10^b	2.80 ± 0.10^a
ΣNEAA	50.53 ± 0.21^a	49.53 ± 0.21^b	49.17 ± 0.21^b
Thr	6.20 ± 0.10^a	4.90 ± 0.10^b	5.07 ± 0.15^b
Val	4.93 ± 0.15^b	5.37 ± 0.15^a	5.00 ± 0.10^b
Met	2.20 ± 0.10^b	2.33 ± 0.06^b	3.50 ± 0.10^a
Ile	3.60 ± 0.10^b	3.90 ± 0.10^a	3.70 ± 0.10^b
Leu	8.43 ± 0.21^b	9.00 ± 0.10^a	9.00 ± 0.10^a
Tyr	3.47 ± 0.15^a	3.60 ± 0.10^a	3.20 ± 0.10^b
Phe	3.50 ± 0.20	3.63 ± 0.25	3.33 ± 0.21
His	4.00 ± 0.10^b	3.97 ± 0.15^b	4.53 ± 0.25^a
Lys	7.33 ± 0.11	7.60 ± 0.20	7.30 ± 0.10
Arg	5.80 ± 0.20	6.17 ± 0.25	6.20 ± 0.10
ΣEAA	49.47 ± 0.12^b	50.47 ± 0.21^a	50.83 ± 0.31^a
EAA/NEAA	0.98 ± 0.01^b	1.02 ± 0.01^a	1.03 ± 0.02^a

he data are represented as Mean ± SD of means.

Asp: Aspartic acid, Ser: serine, Glu: glutamic acid, Gly: glycine, Ala: alanine, Cys: cysteine, Thr: threonine, Val: valine, Met: methionine, Ile: isoleucine, Leu: leucine, Tyr: tyrosine, Phe: phenyl-alanine, His: histidine, Lys: lysine, Arg: arginine. Mean values with distinct superscripts specify remarkable variations (P < 0.05).