Table 5 The changes of amino acid content with aliphatic, hydroxyl and amide groups in tobacco leaves under different curing time.

From: Regression prediction of tobacco chemical components during curing based on color quantification and machine learning

Location

Curing time (h)

 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

  1. Note: Different letters indicate significant differences (P ≤ 0.05) at different curing times for the same part of the tobacco.