Table 4 The changes of aromatic, acidic, alkaline amino acid content in tobacco leaves under different curing time.
Location | Curing time (h) | Indicators (mg/g) | ||||||
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Aromatic amino acid content | Acidic amino acid content | Alkaline amino acid content | ||||||
Phenylalanin | Tryptophan | Tryptophan | Aspartic | Glutamic | Histidine | Arginine | ||
Upper leaves | 0 | 0.25 ± 0.04f | 0.26 ± 0.01f | 0.17 ± 0.03a | 0.50 ± 0.07a | 0.28 ± 0.11a | 0.09 ± 0.02e | 0.05 ± 0.01abc |
24 | 0.54 ± 0.02cde | 0.55 ± 0cd | 0.16 ± 0.05a | 0.19 ± 0.11b | 0.16 ± 0.05b | 0.25 ± 0.01d | 0.08 ± 0.03a | |
48 | 0.81 ± 0.17ab | 0.74 ± 0.13ab | 0.13 ± 0ab | 0.16 ± 0.04b | 0.13 ± 0.03b | 0.42 ± 0.05ab | 0.07 ± 0.01a | |
60 | 0.84 ± 0.11a | 0.80 ± 0.08a | 0.12 ± 0.01bc | 0.20 ± 0.02b | 0.16 ± 0.05b | 0.49 ± 0.07a | 0.07 ± 0.01ab | |
72 | 0.63 ± 0.09bc | 0.69 ± 0.13abc | 0.10 ± 0.02bcd | 0.15 ± 0.02b | 0.13 ± 0.02b | 0.40 ± 0.08abc | 0.05 ± 0.02abc | |
84 | 0.58 ± 0.15cd | 0.64 ± 0.08bc | 0.10 ± 0.02bcd | 0.20 ± 0.06b | 0.14 ± 0.02b | 0.39 ± 0.05abc | 0.05 ± 0.01abc | |
96 | 0.47 ± 0.08cdef | 0.56 ± 0.05cd | 0.09 ± 0.02bcd | 0.16 ± 0.04b | 0.13 ± 0.02b | 0.35 ± 0.05bcd | 0.04 ± 0.01bc | |
108 | 0.43 ± 0.12cdef | 0.46 ± 0.09de | 0.09 ± 0.02cd | 0.18 ± 0.05b | 0.17 ± 0.02b | 0.30 ± 0.09cd | 0.05 ± 0.02abc | |
120 | 0.40 ± 0.10def | 0.44 ± 0.09de | 0.09 ± 0.01bcd | 0.16 ± 0.03b | 0.19 ± 0.03b | 0.26 ± 0.06d | 0.04 ± 0.01c | |
132 | 0.33 ± 0.09ef | 0.39 ± 0.03ef | 0.07 ± 0.02d | 0.18 ± 0.02b | 0.18 ± 0.03b | 0.27 ± 0.05d | 0.05 ± 0.02abc | |
Middle leaves | 0 | 0.19 ± 0.04c | 0.22 ± 0.07e | 0.10 ± 0.02a | 0.32 ± 0.03a | 0.21 ± 0.07a | 0.26 ± 0e | 0.03 ± 0ab |
24 | 0.38 ± 0.03abc | 0.58 ± 0.01ab | 0.09 ± 0.02ab | 0.10 ± 0.01b | 0.13 ± 0.01b | 0.22 ± 0.01cd | 0.03 ± 0ab | |
48 | 0.37 ± 0.04abc | 0.60 ± 0.05ab | 0.09 ± 0.01ab | 0.10 ± 0.02b | 0.09 ± 0.02b | 0.28 ± 0.02bcd | 0.04 ± 0ab | |
60 | 0.46 ± 0.08ab | 0.67 ± 0.07a | 0.09 ± 0.01ab | 0.13 ± 0.01b | 0.11 ± 0.01b | 0.33 ± 0.04ab | 0.05 ± 0.01a | |
72 | 0.50 ± 0.12a | 0.70 ± 0.08a | 0.09 ± 0.02ab | 0.14 ± 0.04b | 0.12 ± 0.03b | 0.38 ± 0.08a | 0.05 ± 0.02ab | |
84 | 0.27 ± 0.02bc | 0.52 ± 0.04bc | 0.07 ± 0.02ab | 0.12 ± 0.02b | 0.10 ± 0.02b | 0.29 ± 0.04abc | 0.03 ± 0b | |
96 | 0.31 ± 0.11bc | 0.48 ± 0.11bcd | 0.07 ± 0.02ab | 0.14 ± 0.03b | 0.09 ± 0.01b | 0.27 ± 0.09bcd | 0.03 ± 0.01ab | |
108 | 0.28 ± 0.03bc | 0.42 ± 0.04cd | 0.07 ± 0.01ab | 0.13 ± 0.02b | 0.10 ± 0.03b | 0.25 ± 0.04bcd | 0.03 ± 0ab | |
120 | 0.27 ± 0.05bc | 0.45 ± 0.03cd | 0.08 ± 0.01ab | 0.14 ± 0.02b | 0.10 ± 0.03b | 0.22 ± 0.03cd | 0.03 ± 0ab | |
132 | 0.21 ± 0.14c | 0.39 ± 0.11d | 0.06 ± 0.03b | 0.13 ± 0.06b | 0.12 ± 0.04b | 0.18 ± 0.07d | 0.03 ± 0.01ab |