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. 2020 Sep 1;8:e9673. doi: 10.7717/peerj.9673

Table 2. Amino acid composition in hepatopancreas and muscle of E. sinensis (g/100 g, dry weight).

Amino acid Hepatopancreas Muscle
RNAi Control RNAi Control
Asp 2.70 ± 0.02** 2.49 ± 0.04 3.89 ± 0.13* 3.52 ± 0.13
ThrA 1.23 ± 0.01** 1.13 ± 0.02 1.78 ± 0.07* 1.60 ± 0.04
Ser 1.04 ± 0.01** 0.92 ± 0.01 1.69 ± 0.05* 1.54 ± 0.05
Glu 2.92 ± 0.01** 2.68 ± 0.05 5.49 ± 0.14* 5.02 ± 0.18
Gly 1.27 ± 0.01** 1.16 ± 0.01 2.16 ± 0.08 2.12 ± 0.05
Ala 1.25 ± 0.01** 1.12 ± 0.02 2.39 ± 0.08* 2.23 ± 0.06
ValA 1.29 ± 0.02** 1.15 ± 0.02 2.01 ± 0.08 1.89 ± 0.05
MetA 0.35 ± 0.10 0.28 ± 0.20 0.66 ± 0.15** 0.24 ± 0.04
IleA 0.88 ± 0.02 0.83 ± 0.04 1.67 ± 0.02** 1.54 ± 0.04
LeuA 1.75 ± 0.01** 1.61 ± 0.03 2.77 ± 0.06** 2.54 ± 0.06
Tyr 1.18 ± 0.01** 1.10 ± 0.01 1.68 ± 0.10 1.50 ± 0.13
PheA 1.24 ± 0.04* 1.14 ± 0.03 1.49 ± 0.10 1.36 ± 0.15
HisA 0.60 ± 0.02* 0.56 ± 0.00 1.13 ± 0.03* 1.03 ± 0.05
LysA 1.58 ± 0.00** 1.45 ± 0.03 2.59 ± 0.09* 2.34 ± 0.09
Arg 1.58 ± 0.02* 1.54 ± 0.02 3.45 ± 0.14* 3.17 ± 0.08
Pro 1.11 ± 0.02 1.05 ± 0.06 2.19 ± 0.10* 2.02 ± 0.01
TEAA 8.93 ± 0.08** 8.15 ± 0.22 14.10 ± 0.35* 12.53 ± 0.45
TNEAA 13.06 ± 0.05** 12.04 ± 0.11 22.95 ± 0.79* 21.14 ± 0.62
TEAA/TNEAA 0.68 ± 0.01 0.68 ± 0.02 0.62 ± 0.01** 0.59 ± 0.01
TAA 21.99 ± 0.11** 20.19 ± 0.33 37.06 ± 1.13* 33.67 ± 1.10

Notes.

*

Significant difference (P < 0.05).

**

Extremely significant difference (P < 0.01).

A
essential amino acid
TEAA
total essential amino acid
TNEAA
total non-essential amino acid
TAA
total amino acid