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. 2017 Sep 4;54(11):3473–3482. doi: 10.1007/s13197-017-2804-4

Table 1.

Changes in free amino acid composition of shrimp during Kapi production

Free amino acid composition (mg/g dry weight sample) Sample
R S D F1 F2 F3
Essential amino acid
 Histidine (His)a 0.89 ± 0.01ab*,** 0.93 ± 0.02a 0.85 ± 0.01b 0.54 ± 0.01c 0.55 ± 0.07c 0.59 ± 0.01c
 Isoleucine (Ile) 1.56 ± 0.03a 1.30 ± 0.01b 1.32 ± 0.01b 1.21 ± 0.02c 1.18 ± 0.01c 1.18 ± 0.01c
 Leucine (Leu) 2.71 ± 0.01c 2.81 ± 0.01c 3.25 ± 0.01b 3.99 ± 0.01a 3.99 ± 0.03a 4.05 ± 0.01a
 Lysine (Lys) 2.88 ± 0.03 cd 3.01 ± 0.01c 3.03 ± 0.01c 3.95 ± 0.05b 4.26 ± 0.02a 4.38 ± 0.03a
 Methionine (Met) 0.72 ± 0.01b 0.75 ± 0.02b 0.72 ± 0.00b 1.12 ± 0.01a 1.09 ± 0.01a 1.16 ± 0.01a
 Phenylalanine (Phe) 2.10 ± 0.06a 2.09 ± 0.04a 2.24 ± 0.01a 2.05 ± 0.01a 1.66 ± 0.01b 1.43 ± 0.01b
 Threonine (Thr) 1.98 ± 0.02a 1.72 ± 0.04a 1.33 ± 0.01a 0.05 ± 0.00b 0.08 ± 0.01b 0.03 ± 0.00b
 Tryptophan (Trp) ND ND ND ND 0.03 ± 0.00a 0.03 ± 0.01a
 Valine (Val) 2.34 ± 0.01b 2.32 ± 0.01b 2.36 ± 0.04b 2.55 ± 0.03a 2.39 ± 0.02ab 2.64 ± 0.03a
 Total EAA 15.18 ± 0.06a 14.93 ± 0.04b 15.10 ± 0.03b 15.46 ± 0.05a 15.23 ± 0.06a 15.49 ± 0.03a
Non-essential amino acid
 Alanine (Ala) 3.57 ± 0.02c 3.58 ± 0.04c 4.1 ± 0.04b 5.23 ± 0.06a 5.62 ± 0.04a 5.66 ± 0.02a
 Anserine (Ans) ND ND ND ND 0.03 ± 0.00b 0.06 ± 0.00a
 Arginine (Arg) 5.16 ± 0.06a 5.02 ± 0.03a 4.55 ± 0.01b 4.05 ± 0.01c 4.05 ± 0.04c 3.14 ± 0.01d
 Aspartic acid/Asparagine (Asp/Asn) 4.13 ± 0.04c 4.55 ± 0.01c 4.53 ± 0.04c 6.69 ± 0.08b 8.04 ± 0.09a 8.51 ± 0.04a
 Carnosine (Car) ND ND ND ND ND 0.03 ± 0.00
 Citrulline (Cit) ND ND ND ND 0.07 ± 0.00a 0.09 ± 0.01a
 Cysteine (Cys) ND ND 0.04 ± 0.01c 0.06 ± 0.01b 0.06 ± 0.00b 0.12 ± 0.01a
 Glycine (Gly) 3.31 ± 0.02d 3.54 ± 0.01c 3.91 ± 0.05a 3.55 ± 0.01c 3.75 ± 0.03b 3.66 ± 0.02bc
 Glutamic acid/Glutamine (Glu/Gln) 5.42 ± 0.10e 5.35 ± 0.04e 6.02 ± 0.04d 9.11 ± 0.03c 14.15 ± 0.07b 18.18 ± 0.05a
 Hydroxylysine (Hyl) ND ND ND ND ND 0.02 ± 0.00
 Hydroxyproline (Hyp) ND ND ND ND ND ND
 Ornithine ND ND ND 1.04 ± 0.01b 1.15 ± 0.01b 2.02 ± 0.02a
 Proline (Pro) 3.48 ± 0.02c 3.55 ± 0.01c 3.28 ± 0.02c 4.22 ± 0.01b 4.59 ± 0.02ab 5.01 ± 0.01a
 Serine (Ser) 2.94 ± 0.05a 2.05 ± 0.02b 2.15 ± 0.01b 1.64 ± 0.02c 0.92 ± 0.00d 0.93 ± 0.01d
 Taurine (Tau) 0.02 ± 0.00c 0.02 ± 0.00c 0.02 ± 0.00c 0.07 ± 0.01a 0.05 ± 0.00b 0.05 ± 0.00b
 Tyrosine (Tyr) 1.54 ± 0.01d 1.88 ± 0.01b 1.95 ± 0.01ab 2.11 ± 0.01a 1.82 ± 0.01b 1.69 ± 0.03c
 Total NEAA 29.57 ± 0.08d 29.54 ± 0.03d 30.58 ± 0.04d 37.77 ± 0.09c 44.3 ± 0.09b 49.17 ± 0.04a
Total free amino acid (TAA) 44.75 ± 0.08d 44.47 ± 0.06d 45.68 ± 0.05d 53.23 ± 0.09c 59.53 ± 0.10b 64.66 ± 0.05a

*Essential amino acid in children

R raw material, S after salting, D after drying, F1, F2 and F3 after fermentation for 10, 20 and 30 days

*Mean ± SD (n=3)

**Different letters in the same row indicate the significant difference (P < 0.05)