Table 4. Examination of free amino acids in Protaetia brevitarsis larvae by supplementary feeds (mg/100 g dry wt.)
Free amino acid | Aloe | Apple | Banana | S. persimmon | S. pumpkin | Control |
Phosphoserine | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Taurine | 0.81c1) | 1.31b | 0.00 | 0.69d | 0.00 | 1.81a |
Phosphoethanolamine | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.99c | 3.68c |
Urea | 119.16a | 27.27e | 8.51f | 50.04c | 35.84d | 85.69b |
Asp | 0.00 | 26.22b | 0.00 | 1.40d | 32.21a | 6.06c |
Thr | 25.13a | 14.11d | 3.99e | 20.54c | 22.27bc | 23.76b |
Ser | 4.83e | 16.82b | 2.42f | 8.36c | 18.87a | 7.88d |
Glu | 92.75c | 79.14d | 22.65f | 64.72e | 134.82b | 181.59a |
Pro | 78.07c | 46.04d | 36.64e | 199.18a | 140.04b | 79.05c |
Gly | 97.33c | 217.85c | 29.13c | 97.40c | 81.38c | 154.61c |
Ala | 139.96c | 56.48e | 24.14f | 85.04d | 166.87b | 177.94a |
Citrulline | 9.46c | 7.10d | 0.00 | 7.36d | 20.24a | 15.42 b |
α-Aminobutyric acid | 1.80a | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.62 b | 0.00 |
Val | 197.31a | 18.22d | 8.67d | 23.09c | 38.38bc | 57.08b |
Cystine | 2.04c | 2.76bc | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.88b | 4.09a |
Met | 11.19 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Cystathionine | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Ile | 171.87a | 13.58c | 12.60c | 12.27c | 12.60c | 30.44b |
Leu | 179.94a | 40.21ab | 29.26d | 33.06c | 40.87ab | 40.54ab |
Tyr | 22.83bc | 10.96d | 11.78d | 28.00b | 69.85a | 17.40c |
B-ala | 5.43b | 1.56c | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.30b | 16.93a |
Phe | 83.10a | 31.64e | 15.28f | 37.75d | 62.78b | 50.30c |
b-Aminoisobutyric acid | 6.80a | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.67b | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Homocysteine | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
γ-Aminobutyric acid | 0.00 | 0.93b | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.73a | 0.52c |
Ethanolamine | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.43 | 0.00 |
Ammonium chloride | 97.86c | 818.18a | 314.52b | 64.43e | 97.65c | 78.12d |
Hydroxylysine | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 56.20 | 0.00 |
Ornithine | 2.51d | 1.12e | 0.00 | 3.44c | 7.67a | 7.20b |
Lys | 10.38cd | 18.06a | 6.14d | 10.75cd | 13.23c | 16.30b |
His | 8.04bc | 0.00 | 5.67c | 7.61bc | 0.00 | 11.67a |
Trp | 2.17c | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
3-Methylhistidine | 0.00 | 0.34 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Anserine | 0.00 | 2.28 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Carnosine | 0.00 | 1.92b | 0.00 | 2.83a | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Arg | 0.00 | 1.83c | 0.00 | 9.84b | 0.00 | 11.24a |
Total | 1,370.77 | 1,455.93 | 531.40 | 768.60 | 1,064.72 | 1,079.32 |
Columns were determined by Duncan's multiple range test at 5% level.
S. persimmon, sweet persimmon; S. pumpkin, sweet pumpkin.