Table 1.
Crude protein and amino acid patterns of whole edible parts of eggs of different sources in the retail market.
| Crude Protein (g/100 g)/Amino Acid (mg/100 g) | Source of Eggs | Statistical Analysis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | D | RMSE | p-Value | |
| Crude protein | 14.03 | 14.02 | 13.77 | 13.88 | 0.395 | 0.721 |
| Arginine | 769.0 b | 693.3 b | 915.3 a | 882.3 a | 61.65 | 0.001 |
| Histidine | 296.8 bc | 279.0 c | 315.8 ab | 331.8 a | 12.94 | 0.001 |
| Isoleucine | 698.3 b | 720.0 a | 641.8 c | 613.3 d | 10.82 | 0.001 |
| Leucine | 1100.0 | 1081.3 | 1128.0 | 1057.8 | 36.19 | 0.097 |
| Lysine | 923.0 b | 870.3 c | 1019.3 a | 1012.8 a | 19.21 | 0.001 |
| Methionine | 394.3 b | 434.3 a | 301.8 c | 285.0 c | 16.87 | 0.001 |
| Methionine + cysteine | 554.5 b | 627.5 a | 513.5 c | 490.0 c | 30.01 | 0.002 |
| Phenylalanine | 679.8 b | 744.5 a | 537.8 d | 618.3 c | 32.51 | 0.001 |
| Phenylalanine + tyrosine | 1199.0 a | 1237.8 a | 1099.0 b | 1137.8 b | 30.01 | 0.002 |
| Threonine | 613.0 b | 578.3 b | 674.8 a | 699.5 a | 23.48 | 0.001 |
| Tryptophan | 147.0 | 145.5 | 132.0 | 148.0 | 9.04 | 0.094 |
| Valine | 781.8 b | 815.3 a | 707.8 c | 673.8 d | 15.91 | 0.001 |
| EAAs | 5634.0 b | 5668.3 a | 5458.0 c | 5439.5 c | 106.4 | 0.021 |
| Alanine | 713.0 a | 737.3 a | 651.0 b | 558.0 c | 20.89 | 0.001 |
| Aspartic acid | 1295.8 a | 1310.5 a | 1260.0 ab | 1218.5 b | 36.66 | 0.019 |
| Glutamic acid | 1687.0 a | 1713.5 a | 1642.8a | 1555.3 b | 37.32 | 0.001 |
| Glycine | 426.0 ab | 441.3 ab | 381.8 b | 473.8 a | 32.42 | 0.014 |
| Proline | 507.0 b | 493.3 b | 523.8 a | 535.8 a | 10.75 | 0.001 |
| Serine | 956.3 c | 881.5 d | 1099.8 a | 1055.3 b | 23.54 | 0.001 |
| NEAAs | 7033.5 | 6957.5 | 7247.0 | 7001.8 | 167.9 | 0.129 |
| EAAs/NEAAs | 0.801 a | 0.815 a | 0.753 c | 0.777 b | 0.0214 | 0.011 |
a–d means with varying superscripts differ significantly (p < 0.05); RMSE, Root mean square error; p value, probability level; EAAs, total essential amino acids; NEAAs, total non-essential amino acids; EAAs/NEAAs, total essential amino acids/total non-essential amino acids ratio.