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. 2015 Oct 13;2015:916346. doi: 10.1155/2015/916346

Table 2.

Free amino acids profile of Artemisia princeps Pamp. and Seomae mugwort(a).

A. princeps Seomae mugwort
Essential amino acid (mg/100 g of dried material)
Histidine 7.18 ± 0.16a 2.54 ± 0.06b
Phenylalanine 66.05 ± 0.26b 93.78 ± 0.74a
Valine 102.71 ± 1.97b 167.07 ± 0.85a
Leucine 59.26 ± 0.65a 44.51 ± 0.60b
Isoleucine 61.56 ± 0.89a 47.62 ± 00.57b
Threonine 22.20 ± 1.03a 15.12 ± 0.29b

Nonessential amino acid (mg/100 g of dried material)
Arginine 29.47 ± 0.68a 20.55 ± 0.32b
γ-Aminobutyric acid 12.60 ± 0.18b 48.52 ± 0.87a
Alanine 86.90 ± 0.88a 34.29 ± 0.60b
Cysteine 4.42 ± 0.30 4.52 ± 0.25
Glutamic acid 23.59 ± 0.68b 33.45 ± 0.36a
Tyrosine 7.62 ± 0.13b 10.77 ± 0.38a
Glycine 4.57 ± 0.25b 11.39 ± 0.35a
β-Alanine 16.18 ± 0.78 15.96 ± 0.09
α-Aminobutyric acid 2.53 ± 0.44b 6.54 ± 0.37a
Aspartic acid 7.01 ± 0.51b 8.68 ± 0.29a
Serine 47.52 ± 0.61 47.48 ± 0.65

Total essential amino acid 318.93 ± 1.22b 370.64 ± 0.27a
Total nonessential amino acid 242.35 ± 2.24 242.15 ± 2.80
Total free amino acid 561.28 ± 3.30b 612.79 ± 2.97a

(a)Data represents the mean ± SD (n = 3). Different superscript letters indicate statistical significance of the differences between Seomae mugwort and A. princeps groups, tested by Student's t-test using the SAS. P values less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant.