Table 3. Bioactive compound content of the breast meat (mg/100 g) from male and female Korean native ducks (KND) and commercial ducks (CD).
| Compound | Breed | Sex | SEM1) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KND | CD | Male | Female | ||
| Creatine | 128.99a | 121.85b | 119.59b | 131.25a | 1.275 |
| Carnosine | 14.36 | 16.49 | 15.90 | 14.95 | 1.114 |
| Anserine | 49.18a | 36.72b | 39.27b | 46.64a | 2.051 |
| Betaine | 4.06 | 4.04 | 3.90 | 4.21 | 0.201 |
| L-carnitine | 8.33a | 6.76b | 6.83b | 8.26a | 0.272 |
1Standard error of the means (n=12).
a,bMeans within the same row with different letters within the same effect differ significantly (p<0.05).