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. 2015 Dec 4;16(12):28870–28885. doi: 10.3390/ijms161226140

Table 2.

Amino acid composition (mg/g dry weight) of freeze dried A. lecanora and A. lecanora hydrolysates after 24 h of hydrolysis *.

Amino Acid A. lecanora Papain Alcalase Bromelain Flavourzyme Trypsin Pepsin
Aspartic acid (D) 78.83 ± 1.56 a 50.33 ± 0.20 b 55.96 ± 0.22 b 53.16 ± 5.60 b 36.07 ± 3.50 c 17.27 ± 1.25 d 49.21 ± 1.60 b
Glutamic acid (E) 106.83 ± 3.90 a 86.86 ± 1.10 b 95.63 ± 1.25 b 87.79 ± 6.74 b 63.68 ± 4.68 c 29.90 ± 2.12 d 89.62 ± 1.21 b
Serine (S) 34.11 ± 0.40 a 23.03 ± 2.40 c 27.80 ± 0.71 b 28.35 ± 0.03 b 18.85 ± 0.41 d 7.99 ± 0.60 e 20.47 ± 0.17 c,d
Histidine (H) 10.93 ± 0.76 a 4.30 ± 0.02 b,c 5.88 ± 0.30 b 4.83 ± 0.83 b,c 4.55 ± 0.12 b,c 1.60 ± 0.11 d 3.58 ± 1.23 c
Arginine (R) 65.98 ± 2.30 a 45.62 ± 1.83 d 56.62 ± 0.50 b,c 58.64 ± 1.12 b 32.73 ± 1.80 e 16.55 ± 1.22 f 54.40 ± 1.06 c
Thereonine (T) 44.13 ± 1.43 a 29.75 ± 2.60 c 31.44 ± 0.80 b,c 35.26 ± 1.18 b 25.16 ± 1.58 d 9.77 ± 0.30 e 29.96 ± 0.72 c
Lysine (K) 45.47 ± 2.10 a 23.43 ± 4.10 b 24.85 ± 1.00 b 20.56 ± 1.26 b,c 17.25 ± 2.83 c,d 5.42 ± 0.35 e 12.73 ± 0.23 d
Tyrosine (Y) 44.14 ± 1.43 a 29.65 ± 2.60 c 31.44 ± 0.30 b,c 35.26 ± 1.60 b 25.16 ± 1.60 d 9.77 ± 0.87 e 29.96 ± 0.72 c
Valine (V) 41.97 ± 1.41 a 22.72 ± 0.34 d 33.05 ± 0.60 b 27.73 ± 0.54 c 18.65 ± 1.03 e 10.40 ± 0.17 f 24.00 ± 0.32 d
Methionine (M) 15.57 ± 0.60 a 3.27 ± 0.10 c,d 5.04 ± 0.045 b 3.29 ± 0.90 c 3.16 ± 0.30 c,d 1.31 ± 0.01 e 2.20 ± 0.18 d,e
Cystine (C) 2.45 ± 0.10 a 1.17 ± 0.01 c 1.52 ± 0.25 b 0.00 ± 0.00 e 1.40 ± 0.13 b 0.33 ± 0.06 d 0.43 ± 0.01 d
Isoleucine (I) 52.36 ± 3.42 a 10.90 ± 0.20 b 13.54 ± 0.30 b 11.54 ± 1.10 b 10.29 ± 0.12 b 4.25 ± 0.41 c 9.73 ± 0.15 b
Leucine (L) 41.97 ± 2.20 b 32.41 ± 0.31 d 36.34 ± 2.10 c,d 38.13 ± 0.81 b,c 26.16 ± 1.72 e 12.40 ± 2.01f 48.22 ± 2.20 a
Phenylalanine (F) 28.68 ± 1.37 a 10.46 ± 0.30 d 17.42 ± 0.041 b 13.70 ± 1.45 c 10.00 ± 1.28 d 4.73 ± 0.05 e 9.03 ± 0.40 d
Glycine (G) 140.63 ± 1.33 a 107.00 ± 2.02 c 120.48 ± 4.10 b 110.75 ± 1.50 c 53.47 ± 2.40 d 38.83 ± 3.53 e 125.58 ± 3.52 b
Alanine (A) 65.09 ± 1.50 a 50.98 ± 0.87 c 57.27 ± 1.71 b 53.25 ± 0.80 c 27.6 ± 1.52 d 18.09 ± 0.70 e 58.99 ± 1.60 b
Proline (P) 59.77 ± 1.47 a 48.86 ± 0.90 c 54.64 ± 0.75 b 50.36 ± 2.10 c 27.92 ± 0.46 d 16.91 ± 1.38 e 57.60 ± 1.41 a,b
Total amino acid 878.91 ± 30.90 a 579.93 ± 12.40 c 668.9 2± 10.45 b 629.60 ± 12.66 b 402.10 ± 23.24 d 205.52 ± 15.92 e 625.71 ± 6.51 b,c
Hydrophobic AA 388.72 238.91 285.66 258.39 150.73 90.25 278.18
Hydrophilic AA 274.32 194.17 216.7 198.39 148.04 66.53 193.15
Positively charged AA 120.47 69.05 81.47 79.2 49.98 21.97 67.13

* Each value in the table represents the means ± SD of duplicate determinations; a−f Means with the different superscript letters in the same row indicated significant difference within the hydrolysates (p < 0.05).