. 2019 Dec 10;57(5):1628–1635. doi: 10.1007/s13197-019-04195-6

Table 2.

Effect of NaCl replacement by other chloride salts on free amino acids content of dry-cured foal “cecina” at the end of processing

	Batch I	Batch II	Batch III	SEM	Sig.
Free amino acids (mg/100 g)
Aspartic acid	9.39^a	7.17^a	22.89^b	1.578	***
Serine	55.00^a	78.93^b	90.16^b	4.001	***
Glutamic acid	99.07^a	156.88^b	170.01^b	7.904	***
Glycine	33.28^a	48.63^b	51.18^b	2.224	***
Histidine	47.93^a	68.26^b	86.36^c	3.854	***
Taurine	74.41^a	104.22^b	101.51^b	3.300	***
Arginine	177.24^a	303.88^b	268.56^b	13.44	***
Threonine	49.42^a	69.63^b	98.91^c	4.521	***
Alanine	133.58^a	195.88^b	170.68^b	6.764	***
Proline	39.50^a	50.61^b	59.87^c	2.156	***
Cysteine	30.58^a	32.22^a	51.91^b	2.269	***
Tyrosine	89.49^a	95.69^a	150.09^b	6.044	***
Valine	99.25^a	115.90^a	180.28^b	7.039	***
Methionine	45.75^a	50.73^a	85.14^b	3.828	***
Lysine	62.02^a	107.92^b	122.67^b	6.252	***
Isoleucine	96.29^a	103.71^a	169.91^b	6.601	***
Leucine	169.16^a	180.63^a	309.67^b	12.40	***
Phenylalanine	103.30^a	103.97^a	183.79^b	7.366	***
Total free amino acids	1413.42^a	1899.74^b	2475.17^c	97.45	***

Batch I: control, 100% NaCl; Batch II: 50% NaCl and 50% KCl; Batch III: 45% NaCl, 25% KCl, 20% CaCl₂ and 10% MgCl₂

Sig. significance; ns not significant

^*P < 0.05; ***P < 0.001

^a⁻^cMean values in the same row (corresponding to the same parameter) not followed by a common number differ significantly (P < 0.05)