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Table 3.

Amounts of amino acids (±SD) in breast meat (g/100 g of meat).

Amino acid	Control	Group I	Group II	Group III	P value
Nonessential amino acid
Glu	3.23 ± 0.15^b	3.21 ± 0.13^b	3.51 ± 0.05^a	2.83 ± 0.02^c	<0.01
Asp	1.46 ± 0.10^c	1.84 ± 0.05^a,b	1.90 ± 0.02^a	1.76 ± 0.03^b	<0.01
Arg	1.39 ± 0.03^b	1.41 ± 0.03^a,b	1.43 ± 0.01^a	1.29 ± 0.01^c	<0.01
Pro	0.70 ± 0.04^a	0.72 ± 0.05^a	0.75 ± 0.03^a	0.51 ± 0.01^c	<0.01
Ala	1.21 ± 0.03^b	1.22 ± 0.05^a,b	1.27 ± 0.03^a	1.15 ± 0.02^c	0.003
Ser	0.81 ± 0.04^b	0.83 ± 0.02^a,b	0.85 ± 0.01^a	0.74 ± 0.01^c	<0.01
Gly	0.94 ± 0.07	1.00 ± 0.09	1.02 ± 0.07	0.94 ± 0.05	0.318
Essential amino acid
Leu	1.72 ± 0.07^a	1.70 ± 0.06^a	1.73 ± 0.03^a	1.58 ± 0.03^b	0.005
Lys	1.86 ± 0.07^a	1.86 ± 0.06^a	1.91 ± 0.03^a	1.72 ± 0.01^b	0.001
Val	0.99 ± 0.05^a	0.96 ± 0.03^a	0.97 ± 0.01^a	0.90 ± 0.01^b	0.004
Phe	1.01 ± 0.10^a	0.98 ± 0.05^a	0.99 ± 0.02^a	0.83 ± 0.01^b	0.003
Ile	0.97 ± 0.04^a	0.98 ± 0.03^a	1.01 ± 0.02^a	0.92 ± 0.02^b	0.007
Tyr	0.90 ± 0.09^a	0.89 ± 0.04^a	0.89 ± 0.02^a	0.74 ± 0.01^b	0.002
Thr	0.98 ± 0.03^a	0.98 ± 0.02^a	1.01 ± 0.02^a	0.92 ± 0.01^b	0.001
His	0.64 ± 0.07^b	0.91 ± 0.06^a	0.86 ± 0.01^a	0.60 ± 0.01^b	<0.01
Met	0.59 ± 0.03^a	0.62 ± 0.05^a	0.61 ± 0.04^a	0.43 ± 0.02^b	<0.01
Cys	0.35 ± 0.03^b	0.50 ± 0.02^a	0.49 ± 0.02^a	0.29 ± 0.01^c	<0.01
∑ EAA	10.01 ± 0.53^a	10.36 ± 0.35^a	10.46 ± 0.19^a	8.92 ± 0.09^b	<0.01
∑ FAA	6.83 ± 0.33^b	7.26 ± 0.20^a	7.69 ± 0.07^a	6.67 ± 0.05^b	<0.01
∑ TAA	19.74 ± 0.56^c	20.58 ± 0.38^b	21.19 ± 0.21^a	18.13 ± 0.14^d	<0.01

^a–dMeans with different superscripts within the same row differ significantly (P < 0.05).

FAA includes Gly, Glu, Asp, Ala.

Abbreviations: EAA, essential amino acid; FAA, flavor amino acid; TAA, total amino acid.