Table 6.
Profiles of amino acids in breast muscle of broilers chickens fed different species of microalgae for 32 days.
| Amino Acids | Dietary Treatment | SEM | p Values | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | |||
| Lysine | 6.04 b | 6.39 b | 7.18 a | 7.02 a | 0.15 | 0.009 |
| Leucine | 6.80 | 6.73 | 7.63 | 7.55 | 0.16 | 0.09 |
| Isoleucine | 3.72 | 3.86 | 4.40 | 3.59 | 0.11 | 0.06 |
| Valine | 4.82 | 4.51 | 4.91 | 4.32 | 0.11 | 0.27 |
| Methionine | 1.97 b | 1.87 b | 2.33 a | 2.23 a | 0.06 | 0.04 |
| Phenyl alanine | 2.10 | 2.15 | 2.51 | 2.29 | 0.07 | 0.16 |
| Tryptophan | 2.53 b | 2.50 b | 2.92 a | 2.86 a | 0.07 | 0.002 |
| Threonine | 3.04 | 3.03 | 3.51 | 3.13 | 0.09 | 0.24 |
| Histidine | 3.04 b | 3.18 b | 3.82 a | 3.75 a | 0.10 | 0.02 |
| Arginine | 5.47 | 4.98 | 5.66 | 5.29 | 0.12 | 0.26 |
| Glycine | 4.48 | 4.05 | 4.28 | 4.22 | 0.10 | 0.56 |
| Proline | 1.68 | 1.72 | 1.51 | 1.61 | 0.03 | 0.12 |
| Serine | 2.71 | 2.86 | 2.58 | 2.78 | 0.07 | 0.60 |
| Aspartic acid | 8.28 b | 8.38 b | 9.38 a | 9.73 a | 0.18 | 0.01 |
| Glutamic acid | 15.96 | 16.77 | 16.58 | 16.26 | 0.69 | 0.12 |
| Alanine | 5.26 | 5.32 | 5.35 | 5.06 | 0.12 | 0.88 |
a–b Means within a row not sharing a common superscript differ significantly when (p < 0.05). SEM: standard error of mean; Group 1: control; Group 2: Chlorella vulgaris (CV)-supplemented group; Group 3: Spirulina platensis (SP)-supplemented group; Group 4: Amphora coffeaformis (AC)-supplemented group.