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. 2021 Oct 27;10(11):2603. doi: 10.3390/foods10112603

Table 4.

Amino acid contents of shrimp meat and byproducts (g/100 g sample).

Amino
Acids
Head Shell + Tail Meat
L.v M.r P.m F.c P.j L.v M.r P.m F.c P.j L.v M.r P.m F.c P.j
Lys 0.86 ± 0.01 bc 0.85 ± 0.02 bcd 0.83 ± 0.04 cd 0.88 ± 0.00 b 0.85 ± 0.02 d 0.74 ± 0.01 e 0.86 ± 0.00 bc 0.66 ± 0.03 g 0.71 ± 0.00 ef 0.68 ± 0.0 fg 1.69 ± 0.01 a 1.71 ± 0.01 a 1.70 ± 0.01 a 1.71 ± 0.01 a 1.71 ± 0.00 a
Phe 0.60 ± 0.01 i 0.68 ± 0.01 g 0.60 ± 0.01 i 0.62 ± 0.00 h 0.68 ± 0.01 hi 0.73 ± 0.01 ef 0.87 ± 0.01 a 0.69 ± 0.00 g 0.74 ± 0.01 e 0.72 ± 0.00 f 0.80 ± 0.02 d 0.81 ± 0.00 cd 0.82 ± 0.01 bcd 0.82 ± 0.00 bc 0.83 ± 0.01 b
Leu 0.82 ± 0.00 ef 0.82 ± 0.02 ef 0.83 ± 0.03 ef 0.84 ± 0.00 de 0.82 ± 0.02 a 0.76 ± 0.00 g 0.87 ± 0.00 d 0.70 ± 0.03 h 0.74 ± 0.00 gh 0.73 ± 0.00 gh 1.49 ± 0.01 c 1.51 ± 0.01 bc 1.53 ± 0.01 ab 1.52 ± 0.00 bc 1.56 ± 0.01 a
IIe 0.56 ± 0.00 g 0.61 ± 0.01 ef 0.58 ± 0.01 g 0.58 ± 0.01 g 0.61 ± 0.01 g 0.61 ± 0.01 ef 0.76 ± 0.00 d 0.61 ± 0.01 ef 0.60 ± 0.00 f 0.62 ± 0.00 e 0.82 ± 0.02 c 0.87 ± 0.01 a 0.81 ± 0.02 c 0.82 ± 0.01 c 0.84 ± 0.01 b
Val 0.61 ± 0.00 g 0.65 ± 0.01 f 0.62 ± 0.01 g 0.63 ± 0.01 f 0.65 ± 0.01 g 0.73 ± 0.02 d 0.83 ± 0.00 b 0.69 ± 0.01 e 0.75 ± 0.00 c 0.72 ± 0.00 d 0.83 ± 0.00 b 0.88 ± 0.00 a 0.84 ± 0.01 b 0.85 ± 0.00 b 0.88 ± 0.00 a
Thr 0.54 ± 0.00 gh 0.55 ± 0.00 gh 0.52 ± 0.02 i 0.53 ± 0.00 hi 0.55 ± 0.00 hi 0.59 ± 0.01 d 0.67 ± 0.00 c 0.55 ± 0.01 fg 0.57 ± 0.00 ef 0.58 ± 0.00 de 0.76 ± 0.00 b 0.75 ± 0.00 b 0.76 ± 0.01 b 0.76 ± 0.00 b 0.79 ± 0.00 a
Met 0.50 ± 0.00 fg 0.56 ± 0.02 cde 0.54 ± 0.01 def 0.57 ± 0.00 bcde 0.56 ± 0.02 g 0.57 ± 0.14 bcd 0.61 ± 0.00 ab 0.62 ± 0.02 a 0.52 ± 0.01 ef 0.55 ± 0.00 cde 0.55 ± 0.00 cde 0.54 ± 0.00 def 0.57 ± 0.00 bcd 0.55 ± 0.00 cde 0.59 ± 0.00 abc
Arg 0.93 ± 0.00 e 0.77 ± 0.00 g 0.79 ± 0.03 g 0.95 ± 0.00 e 0.77 ± 0.00 g 0.94 ± 0.00 e 0.95 ± 0.00 e 0.83 ± 0.02 f 0.92 ± 0.01 e 0.94 ± 0.00 e 2.01 ± 0.01 b 1.78 ± 0.01 d 1.77 ± 0.01 d 1.89 ± 0.01 c 2.12 ± 0.01 a
His 0.29 ± 0.00 j 0.40 ± 0.00 d 0.30 ± 0.01 ij 0.31 ± 0.00 hi 0.40 ± 0.00 fg 0.32 ± 0.00 gh 0.45 ± 0.00 b 0.31 ± 0.00 gh 0.34 ± 0.00 e 0.33 ± 0.00 ef 0.40 ± 0.00 d 0.47 ± 0.01 a 0.40 ± 0.00 d 0.42 ± 0.00 c 0.45 ± 0.00 b
Tyr 0.48 ± 0.01 hi 0.55 ± 0.00 f 0.48 ± 0.00 hi 0.51 ± 0.01 g 0.55 ± 0.00 i 0.53 ± 0.00 g 0.65 ± 0.00 d 0.49 ± 0.01 h 0.57 ± 0.01 e 0.48 ± 0.00 hi 0.69 ± 0.00 c 0.71 ± 0.01 bc 0.72 ± 0.01 ab 0.70 ± 0.00 c 0.72 ± 0.01 a
Ala# 0.83 ± 0.00 j 0.74 ± 0.00 k 0.86 ± 0.03 ij 0.86 ± 0.00 i 0.74 ± 0.00 k 1.00 ± 0.02 f 0.93 ± 0.00 g 1.05 ± 0.01 e 1.05 ± 0.00 e 0.90 ± 0.00 h 1.14 ± 0.00 cd 1.12 ± 0.01 d 1.37 ± 0.01 a 1.25 ± 0.00 b 1.17 ± 0.01 c
Gly# 0.99 ± 0.04 e 0.67 ± 0.01 h 0.92 ± 0.01 f 0.98 ± 0.01 e 0.67 ± 0.01 f 1.20 ± 0.01 cd 0.92 ± 0.00 f 1.16 ± 0.02 d 1.22 ± 0.00 c 1.18 ± 0.00 cd 1.38 ± 0.00 b 0.86 ± 0.00 g 1.52 ± 0.01 a 1.36 ± 0.00 b 1.56 ± 0.01 a
Pro 0.68 ± 0.00 f 0.58 ± 0.00 h 0.63 ± 0.00 g 0.73 ± 0.00 e 0.58 ± 0.00 h 0.80 ± 0.02 d 0.83 ± 0.01 c 0.88 ± 0.01 b 0.97 ± 0.01 a 0.79 ± 0.00 d 0.79 ± 0.00 d 0.65 ± 0.00 g 0.86 ± 0.01 b 0.97 ± 0.01 a 0.81 ± 0.01 d
Glu# 1.73 ± 0.00 ghi 1.56 ± 0.03 j 1.74 ± 0.05 fgh 1.76 ± 0.00 fg 1.56 ± 0.03 i 1.74 ± 0.02 fgh 1.83 ± 0.01 e 1.69 ± 0.04 hi 1.79 ± 0.01 ef 1.69 ± 0.00 hi 3.11 ± 0.00 c 3.00 ± 0.01 d 3.24 ± 0.03ab 3.19 ± 0.01b 3.27 ± 0.02a
Ser 0.52 ± 0.01 hi 0.57 ± 0.01 g 0.52 ± 0.01 hi 0.53 ± 0.00 h 0.57 ± 0.01 i 0.67 ± 0.00 e 0.79 ± 0.00 a 0.65 ± 0.01 f 0.68 ± 0.00 e 0.64 ± 0.00 f 0.74 ± 0.00 cd 0.76 ± 0.00 bc 0.73 ± 0.01 d 0.74 ± 0.00 d 0.76 ± 0.00 b
Asp# 1.20 ± 0.01 i 1.27 ± 0.00 f 1.21 ± 0.03 hi 1.25 ± 0.00 fg 1.27 ± 0.00 i 1.31 ± 0.01 e 1.46 ± 0.00 c 1.23 ± 0.03 gh 1.35 ± 0.01 d 1.31 ± 0.00 e 1.98 ± 0.00 b 2.06 ± 0.00 a 2.00 ± 0.02 b 2.00 ± 0.01 b 2.04 ± 0.01 a
TAA 12.14 11.83 11.97 12.53 11.83 13.24 14.23 12.81 13.52 12.86 19.18 18.48 19.64 19.55 20.10
EAA 4.49 4.72 4.52 4.65 4.72 4.73 5.47 4.52 4.63 4.60 6.94 7.07 7.03 7.03 7.20
NEAA 7.65 7.11 7.45 7.88 7.11 8.51 8.76 8.29 8.89 8.26 12.24 11.41 12.61 12.52 12.90
DAA 4.75 4.24 4.73 4.85 4.24 5.25 5.14 5.13 5.41 5.08 7.61 7.04 8.13 7.80 8.04
EAA/NEAA 0.59 0.66 0.61 0.59 0.66 0.56 0.62 0.55 0.52 0.56 0.57 0.62 0.56 0.56 0.56
EAA/TAA 0.37 0.40 0.38 0.37 0.40 0.36 0.38 0.35 0.35 0.36 0.36 0.38 0.36 0.36 0.36
DAA/TAA 0.39 0.36 0.40 0.39 0.36 0.40 0.36 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.38 0.41 0.40 0.40

Note: Values in the same row that do not share the same superscript letter are significantly different (p < 0.05). # and DAA refer to the delicious amino acid, EAA refers to the essential amino acid, TAA refers to the total amino acid, NEAA refers to the non-essential amino acid.