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Table 8.

Effect of dietary MG on muscle amino acids profile in broilers.

g/100 g dry material	CON	MG300	MG450	MG600	SEM	P-value
Umami amino acids
Aspartic acid	6.717^b	8.171^a	7.197^a,b	6.918^b	0.154	0.007
Glutamic acid	5.785^b	6.793^a	6.274^a,b	5.944^b	0.108	0.006
Sweet amino acids
Serine	1.723^b	2.019^a	1.937^a,b	1.822^a,b	0.040	0.045
Glycine	3.340	3.683	3.519	3.311	0.054	0.080
Alanine	4.983	5.140	5.127	4.661	0.086	0.189
Σ FAA	24.840^b	28.353^a	26.544^a,b	24.990^a,b	0.452	0.028
EAA
Lysine	5.460	6.153	5.405	6.108	0.163	0.245
Methionine	2.049	2.250	2.290	2.070	0.049	0.186
Threonine	2.288	2.546	2.491	2.334	0.052	0.266
Leucine	7.052	7.535	7.482	6.818	0.120	0.121
Isoleucine	4.403	4.800	4.597	4.290	0.084	0.192
Arginine	3.881^b	4.882^a	4.100^a,b	4.098^a,b	0.116	0.022
Valine	4.348	4.759	4.664	4.126	0.087	0.050
Phenylalanine	3.046	3.221	3.267	2.961	0.057	0.204
Histidine	2.510	2.937	2.706	2.530	0.066	0.114
Σ EAA	28.926	31.265	30.196	28.707	0.528	0.345
Proline	5.344^c	8.438^a	7.597^a,b	6.083^b,c	0.298	<0.001
Tyrosine	2.144	2.147	2.305	2.070	0.070	0.704
Cysteine	1.093	1.229	1.346	0.881	0.075	0.162
Σ AA	66.216^b	76.705^a	72.304^a,b	67.024^a,b	1.335	0.022

Means within a row lacking a common superscript differ (P < 0.05, n = 18).

Abbreviations: Σ AA, sum of total amino acids; Σ EAA, sum of essential amino acids; Σ FAA, the sum of flavor amino acids (sweet and umami taste amino acids); CON, basal diet; MG, α-monoglyceride; MG300, basal diet +300 mg/kg MG; MG450, basal diet +450 mg/kg MG; MG600, basal diet +600 mg/kg MG.