Table 3.
The amino acid content of longissimus dorsi muscle of Liangshan pig (mg/100g).
| Amino Acid | Phase | S.E. | Significance | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |||
| EAA | |||||||||
| Lys | 4.11 a | 3.04 b | 3.95 a | 3.22 b | 2.90 b | 3.71 ab | 3.96 a | 0.19 | * |
| Ile | 2.39 b | 2.13 bc | 2.27 b | 2.07 b c | 1.73 c | 2.92 a | 2.39 b | 0.14 | * |
| Leu | 4.09 b | 3.54 bc | 3.82 bc | 3.70 bc | 3.13 c | 5.25 a | 4.27 b | 0.25 | * |
| Val | 4.05 a | 3.30 bc | 3.56 b | 3.47 b | 3.01 c | 3.33 bc | 3.67 ab | 0.12 | * |
| Thr | 3.09 ab | 2.64 b | 3.22 a | 2.68 b | 2.44 b | 3.57 a | 3.05 ab | 0.15 | * |
| Phe | 2.79 b | 2.75 b | 2.81 ab | 2.43 b | 2.46 b | 3.19 a | 3.10 ab | 0.11 | * |
| Met | 1.62 b | 1.49 b | 1.51 b | 1.76 b | 1.55 b | 2.80 a | 2.61 a | 0.21 | * |
| Trp | 0.57 a | 0.35 b | 0.48 a b | 0.46 ab | 0.21 b | 0.28 b | 0.23 b | 0.05 | * |
| NEAA | |||||||||
| His | 3.17 a | 2.62 b | 2.79 b | 2.52 b | 2.55 b | 3.09 ab | 2.60 b | 0.10 | * |
| Gln | 19.76 bc | 19.07 bc | 25.13 a | 17.88 c | 21.23 b | 22.31 ab | 18.90 bc | 0.94 | * |
| Arg | 3.38 a | 2.31 bc | 2.66 b | 2.22 bc | 1.87 c | 3.19 ab | 2.72 ab | 0.20 | * |
| Glu | 4.60 a | 3.22 bc | 3.52 b | 3.48 b | 4.03 b | 3.01 bc | 2.63 c | 0.25 | * |
| Ser | 3.71 ab | 2.84 b | 3.04 b | 2.91 b | 2.84 b | 4.52 a | 4.14 a | 0.26 | * |
| Asp | 0.34 b | 0.27 b | 0.48 a | 0.32 b | 0.33 b | 0.50 a | 0.49 a | 0.04 | * |
| Gly | 7.70 ab | 6.29 b | 7.88 a | 6.01 b | 6.77 b | 6.25 b | 6.02 b | 0.30 | * |
| Tyr | 2.36 a | 1.65 b | 2.34 a | 1.39 b | 1.50 b | 1.94 ab | 1.72 b | 0.15 | * |
| Ala | 21.39 a | 15.17 c | 19.15 ab | 17.16 bc | 17.08 bc | 18.57 b | 17.04 bc | 0.75 | * |
| Asn | 1.52 b | 1.68 b | 1.59 b | 1.25 b | 1.26 b | 1.94 ab | 2.17 a | 0.13 | * |
| Pro | 0.89 b | 0.92 b | 1.06 a | 0.81 b | 0.94 ab | 1.01 ab | 1.05 a | 0.03 | * |
| TAA | 91.53 a | 75.28 b | 91.26 a | 75.74 b | 77.83 b | 91.38 a | 82.76 ab | 2.87 | * |
a, b, c and * mean significant difference.