Table 5 The changes of amino acid content with aliphatic, hydroxyl and amide groups in tobacco leaves under different curing time.
Location | Curing time (h) | Â Indicators (mg/g) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aliphatic amino acid content | Amino acid content with hydroxyl and amide groups | ||||||||
Glycine | Isoleucine | Leucine | Valine | Threonine | Serine | Asparagine | |||
Upper leaves | 0 | 0.03 ± 0c | 0.09 ± 0.01abc | 0.18 ± 0.02a | 0.17 ± 0.03d | 0.21 ± 0.03a | 0.28 ± 0.06a | 0.37 ± 0.22d | |
24 | 0.03 ± 0.01c | 0.07 ± 0.02bc | 0.13 ± 0.03bc | 0.21 ± 0.05cd | 0.24 ± 0.06a | 0.30 ± 0.04a | 0.97 ± 0.07cd | ||
48 | 0.04 ± 0.01bc | 0.07 ± 0.01bc | 0.15 ± 0.02abc | 0.18 ± 0.04d | 0.20 ± 0.02ab | 0.21 ± 0.03b | 2.47 ± 0.58ab | ||
60 | 0.04 ± 0.01bc | 0.07 ± 0c | 0.13 ± 0.01bc | 0.17 ± 0.03d | 0.15 ± 0.03bc | 0.16 ± 0.03bc | 2.87 ± 0.41a | ||
72 | 0.05 ± 0abc | 0.07 ± 0.01c | 0.12 ± 0.02bc | 0.16 ± 0.02d | 0.10 ± 0.03cd | 0.11 ± 0.03cd | 2.06 ± 0.58ab | ||
84 | 0.06 ± 0.01ab | 0.07 ± 0.01c | 0.11 ± 0.01c | 0.17 ± 0.03d | 0.08 ± 0.02d | 0.10 ± 0.02d | 2.13 ± 0.58ab | ||
96 | 0.06 ± 0.01ab | 0.07 ± 0bc | 0.10 ± 0.01c | 0.19 ± 0.03cd | 0.07 ± 0.01d | 0.08 ± 0.02d | 1.92 ± 0.41b | ||
108 | 0.06 ± 0ab | 0.09 ± 0.02abc | 0.11 ± 0.02c | 0.26 ± 0.05c | 0.07 ± 0.01d | 0.08 ± 0.01d | 1.86 ± 0.67b | ||
120 | 0.05 ± 0abc | 0.11 ± 0.01ab | 0.12 ± 0.01c | 0.34 ± 0.06b | 0.07 ± 0.01d | 0.08 ± 0.01d | 1.72 ± 0.48bc | ||
132 | 0.07 ± 0.04a | 0.12 ± 0.04a | 0.16 ± 0.04ab | 0.40 ± 0.04a | 0.08 ± 0.01d | 0.08 ± 0.01d | 1.72 ± 0.40bc | ||
Middle leaves | 0 | 0.02 ± 0d | 0.06 ± 0.02c | 0.11 ± 0.02abc | 0.09 ± 0.01d | 0.13 ± 0.01a | 0.20 ± 0.02b | 0.14 ± 0.02d | |
24 | 0.03 ± 0cd | 0.06 ± 0.01c | 0.10 ± 0.01abc | 0.14 ± 0.01cd | 0.12 ± 0.02ab | 0.27 ± 0.03a | 0.77 ± 0.08cd | ||
48 | 0.03 ± 0.01bc | 0.06 ± 0.01c | 0.11 ± 0.02abc | 0.13 ± 0.01d | 0.08 ± 0.01cd | 0.16 ± 0.03b | 2.13 ± 0.75bcd | ||
60 | 0.04 ± 0a | 0.06 ± 0.01c | 0.12 ± 0.02ab | 0.16 ± 0.02cd | 0.09 ± 0.03bc | 0.18 ± 0.07b | 3.80 ± 0.46ab | ||
72 | 0.04 ± 0.01a | 0.06 ± 0c | 0.12 ± 0.02abc | 0.15 ± 0.01cd | 0.08 ± 0.03cde | 0.15 ± 0.06bc | 4.57 ± 0.43a | ||
84 | 0.04 ± 0a | 0.05 ± 0.01c | 0.09 ± 0.01bc | 0.14 ± 0.04cd | 0.05 ± 0e | 0.09 ± 0.01cd | 2.96 ± 1.01abc | ||
96 | 0.04 ± 0a | 0.06 ± 0c | 0.09 ± 0.01c | 0.16 ± 0.01cd | 0.06 ± 0.01de | 0.09 ± 0.03cd | 3.06 ± 0.68abc | ||
108 | 0.04 ± 0a | 0.09 ± 0.03bc | 0.11 ± 0.02abc | 0.25 ± 0.10bc | 0.06 ± 0.01de | 0.09 ± 0.01cd | 2.98 ± 1.26abc | ||
120 | 0.04 ± 0a | 0.12 ± 0.03ab | 0.13 ± 0.02a | 0.32 ± 0.08ab | 0.07 ± 0.01cde | 0.09 ± 0.01cd | 2.69 ± 0.91abc | ||
132 | 0.04 ± 0ab | 0.14 ± 0.04a | 0.11 ± 0.03 | 0.39 ± 0.11a | 0.08 ± 0.01cde | 0.08 ± 0.02d | 2.37 ± 0.85abcd | ||