Table 6 Dietary treatment effect on the muscle concentration of free amino acids.

From: The use of live food as a vehicle of soybean meal for nutritional programming of largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides

Amino acid (µmol/g)

 + Control

− Control

Non-programmed

Programmed

Aspartic acid

0.04a (± 0.00)

0.09b (± 0.02)

0.06ab (± 0.00)

0.05a (± 0.01)

Glutamic acid

0.45 (± 0.03)

0.51 (± 0.10)

0.45 (± 0.03)

0.45 (± 0.03)

Asparagine

0.24a (± 0.02)

1.22c (± 0.22)

0.81b (± 0.16)

0.92b (± 0.15)

Serine

0.28b (± 0.04)

0.19a (± 0.04)

0.21a (± 0.03)

0.18a (± 0.04)

Glutamine

0.49a (± 0.08)

0.82b (± 0.13)

0.60ab (± 0.10)

0.65ab (± 0.15)

Histidine

2.44a (± 0.25)

4.08c (± 0.37)

3.46b (± 0.28)

3.80bc (± 0.32)

Glycine

4.02b (± 1.41)

1.90b (± 0.34)

2.75ab (± 0.55)

2.25a (± 0.35)

Threonine

0.56 (± 0.48)

0.59 (± 0.07)

0.52 (± 0.06)

0.52 (± 0.03)

Arginine

0.10a (± 0.02)

0.14b (± 0.01)

0.11a (± 0.01)

0.12a (± 0.01)

Alanine

0.47a (± 0.02)

0.89c (± 0.07)

0.68b (± 0.09)

0.79bc (± 0.05)

Tyrosine

0.09b (± 0.02)

0.07a (± 0.01)

0.08ab (± 0.00)

0.07ab (± 0.01)

Methionine

3.28 (± 0.43)

3.46 (± 0.15)

3.15 (± 0.18)

3.37 (± 0.07)

Valine

0.60 (± 0.06)

0.65 (± 0.05)

0.58 (± 0.05)

0.64 (± 0.03)

Tryptophan

0.01 (± 0.00)

0.01 (± 0.00)

0.01 (± 0.00)

0.01 (± 0.00)

Phenylalanine

0.05 (± 0.01)

0.04 (± 0.01)

0.04 (± 0.00)

0.04 (± 0.00)

Isoleucine

0.04a (± 0.00)

0.05b (± 0.02)

0.06b (± 0.01)

0.05ab (± 0.00)

Leucine

0.00a (± 0.00)

0.05ab (± 0.08)

0.08ab (± 0.07)

0.11b (± 0.00)

Proline

0.27a (± 0.03)

0.48bc (± 0.09)

0.30ab (± 0.09)

0.52c (± 0.15)

Lysine

0.15a (± 0.04)

1.09b (± 0.17)

0.95b (± 0.19)

1.06b (± 0.05)

IDAA

7.23a (± 0.26)

10.17c (± 0.75)

8.96b (± 0.12)

9.70bc (± 0.44)

DAA

6.34 (± 1.52)

6.16 (± 0.63)

5.93 (± 0.50)

5.89 (± 0.04)

TFAA

13.57a (± 1.28)

16.33b (± 1.28)

14.89ab (± 0.60)

15.60b (± 0.46)

  1. The values presented are post-prandial levels, 3 h after feeding. Values are presented as means (± std. dev). Superscript letters indicate statistical significance between groups. The significance was determined using a One-way ANOVA and an LSD test with a p value < 0.05. Indispensable amino acids (IDAA) = Ile, Leu, Lys, Met, Phe, Thr, Trp, Val, Arg, and His. Dispensable amino acids (DAA) = Ala, Asp, Asn, Glu, Gln, Gly, Pro, Ser, and Tyr.
  2. TFAA  total free amino acids.