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. 2021 Apr 20;12:650084. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2021.650084

TABLE 7.

Effects of different levels of dietary CGA supplementation on the content of hydrolyzed amino acids in BF muscle of finishing pigs (μg/100 mg).

Items Control 0.02% 0.04% 0.08% P-value
Essential amino acids
Arg 4.70 ± 0.05c 5.08 ± 0.10b 5.49 ± 0.10a 4.58 ± 0.07c <0.01
His 3.49 ± 0.10b 3.58 ± 0.07ab 3.89 ± 0.19a 3.50 ± 0.07b 0.07
Ile 3.42 ± 0.06b 3.61 ± 0.06ab 3.77 ± 0.13a 3.37 ± 0.05b <0.01
Leu 6.18 ± 0.08bc 6.47 ± 0.09ab 6.55 ± 0.16a 6.13 ± 0.06c 0.01
Lys 6.98 ± 0.10b 7.47 ± 0.15a 7.62 ± 0.25a 6.71 ± 0.09b <0.01
Met 2.12 ± 0.08a 1.88 ± 0.03b 2.04 ± 0.09ab 2.06 ± 0.06ab 0.09
Phe 2.31 ± 0.03b 2.61 ± 0.08a 2.65 ± 0.09a 2.26 ± 0.04b <0.01
Thr 3.81 ± 0.05b 3.96 ± 0.06ab 4.16 ± 0.14a 3.75 ± 0.04b <0.01
Val 3.93 ± 0.10b 4.10 ± 0.08ab 4.38 ± 0.18a 4.04 ± 0.05b 0.04
EAA1 36.93 ± 0.61bc 38.75 ± 0.57ab 40.55 ± 1.20a 36.41 ± 0.41c <0.01
Non-essential amino acids
Ala 4.64 ± 0.10b 5.02 ± 0.12a 5.11 ± 0.15a 4.68 ± 0.08b <0.01
Asp 7.31 ± 0.12b 7.67 ± 0.13ab 8.06 ± 0.28a 7.23 ± 0.06b <0.01
Cys 0.72 ± 0.04b 0.93 ± 0.08a 0.86 ± 0.07ab 0.89 ± 0.06ab 0.13
Glu 11.00 ± 0.16b 11.74 ± 0.23a 12.04 ± 0.34a 10.91 ± 0.09b <0.01
Gly 3.60 ± 0.04b 3.89 ± 0.09a 3.76 ± 0.03ab 3.62 ± 0.09b 0.01
Ser 2.15 ± 0.05b 3.32 ± 0.05ab 3.48 ± 0.10a 3.13 ± 0.03b <0.01
Tyr 2.29 ± 0.03a 2.23 ± 0.04a 2.26 ± 0.05a 2.10 ± 0.04b <0.01
FAA2 31.25 ± 0.44b 33.41 ± 0.50a 34.47 ± 0.85a 31.03 ± 0.33b <0.01
NEAA3 32.72 ± 0.47b 34.80 ± 0.53a 35.57 ± 0.95a 32.57 ± 0.32b <0.01
TAA4 69.95 ± 1.07b 73.55 ± 1.07a 76.13 ± 2.14a 68.98 ± 0.70b <0.01

1EAA, essential amino acids = Arg + His + Ile + Leu + Lys + Met + Phe + Thr + Val.

2FAA, flavor amino acids = Glu + Asp + Ala + Arg + Gly.

3NEAA, non-essential amino acids = Ala + Asp + Cys + Glu + Gly + Ser + Tyr.

4TAA, total amino acids.

a,b,cValues in the same row with different superscript letters are significantly different at P < 0.05.