Table 4.

The mean value of concentration (MV) and percent content (PC) of amino acids in five types of honey samples.

	Rape		Jujube		Acacia		Lungan		Chaste
Analyte	MV (mg/100 g)	PC (%)	MV (mg/100 g)	PC (%)	MV (mg/100 g)	PC (%)	MV (mg/100 g)	PC (%)	MV (mg/100 g)	PC (%)
Asp	6.3±3.1ab	1.59	15.6±10.7c	2.17	8.9±4.1b	1.96	13.3±4.8c	3.27	3.2±0.9a	0.20
Ser	39.4±2.4c	9.99	20.0±16.8b	2.78	16.9±5.5b	3.71	14.1±3.9b	3.47	7.2±1.4a	0.46
Glu	9.5±2.7b	2.42	20.2±6.5c	2.81	11.7±4.7b	2.58	20.5±6.3c	5.04	5.2±1.2a	0.33
Gly	16.2±8.4c	4.11	12.2±8.6bc	1.70	6.6±3.6ab	1.44	9.5±3.2b	2.33	1.3±0.6a	0.08
His	35.6±19.1b	9.02	26.5±19.4b	3.69	15.3±12.2a	3.37	14.2±5.0a	3.48	10.3±2.5a	0.66
Arg	16.2±4.0c	4.11	14.4±9.3bc	2.00	10.5±6.5ab	2.30	9.3±4.4a	2.27	7.3±4.8a	0.46
Thr	6.1±1.6ab	1.54	7.5±2.6b	1.04	9.3±4.4b	2.05	6.2±2.0ab	1.53	3.1±0.9a	0.20
Ala	5.3±1.6a	1.35	31.8±12.8c	4.42	15.7±9.4b	3.44	5.6±1.4a	1.38	97.2±10.2d	6.18
Pro	175.0±29.9a	44.33	457.5±50.8c	63.62	291.1±25.5b	63.93	184.3±35.1a	45.28	264.4±222b	16.81
Met	nd		nd		nd		nd		nd
Tyr	13.3±5.7a	3.38	40.6±26.8b	5.65	18.5±7.4a	4.06	16.4±3.9a	4.04	50.6±5.6c	3.21
Val	13.4±3.8b	3.40	15.7±3.3b	2.18	14.3±2.7b	3.15	19.8±7.2c	4.85	6.6±0.6a	0.42
Cys	nd		nd		nd		nd		nd
Lys	34.9±4.0d	8.84	4.6±2.0ab	0.64	7.1±5.4c	1.56	6.6±1.8bc	1.62	3.6±1.0a	0.23
Ile	5.7±1.5a	1.44	6.0±1.7ab	0.83	9.6±6.2c	2.11	8.5±3.8bc	2.09	3.5±0.9a	0.23
Leu	4.8±1.5a	1.21	4.6±1.1a	0.64	4.5±1.7a	0.98	5.2±1.4a	1.28	4.4±0.3a	0.28
Phe	13.0±4.7a	3.29	17.5±9.0a	2.43	3.9±0.4a	0.86	16.3±7.3a	3.99	1094.9±120.1b	69.61
Trp	nd		24.6±1.2c	3.42	11.5±1.2b	2.51	57.3±6.7d	14.07	11.2±1.9b	0.71
total AA	394.7±74.4	100.0	719.1±69.8	100.00	455.4±44.6	100.0	407.0±60.0	100.0	1572.9±140.8	100.0

Values within the same row follow by the same small letter are not significantly different at the level of 5%.

nd: Not detected.