Table 6 The changes of amino acid content with sulfur, subamino, non-protein and total in tobacco leaves under different curing time.
Location | Curing time (h) | Indicators (mg/g) | |||||
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Sulfur, subamino acid content | Non-protein amino acid content | Total free amino acids | |||||
Cystine | Proline | β-alanine | β-Aminoisobutyric | γ-aminobutyric | |||
Upper leaves | 0 | 0.10 ± 0.02c | 0.15 ± 0.08e | 0.16 ± 0.08d | 0.11 ± 0.02a | 1.10 ± 0.19a | 3.68 ± 0.44c |
24 | 0.11 ± 0.02c | 1.40 ± 0.59e | 0.27 ± 0.06bc | 0.08 ± 0.01ab | 0.83 ± 0.18b | 5.44 ± 0.13c | |
48 | 0.12 ± 0.01bc | 5.45 ± 0.92d | 0.18 ± 0.07cd | 0.07 ± 0b | 0.73 ± 0.1bc | 10.12 ± 1.69b | |
60 | 0.13 ± 0.01abc | 7.82 ± 0.60c | 0.18 ± 0.04cd | 0.08 ± 0ab | 0.79 ± 0.03bc | 15.14 ± 1.85a | |
72 | 0.11 ± 0.02bc | 8.60 ± 0.85bc | 0.15 ± 0d | 0.07 ± 0.01b | 0.86 ± 0.11b | 17.02 ± 1.39a | |
84 | 0.12 ± 0.02bc | 9.88 ± 0.81ab | 0.17 ± 0.01cd | 0.07 ± 0.01b | 0.78 ± 0.11bc | 15.79 ± 0.98a | |
96 | 0.13 ± 0.01abc | 10.66 ± 0.23a | 0.22 ± 0.04cd | 0.06 ± 0.01b | 0.69 ± 0.1bcd | 15.55 ± 1.50a | |
108 | 0.13 ± 0.01abc | 8.98 ± 0.69abc | 0.24 ± 0.02bcd | 0.07 ± 0.01b | 0.62 ± 0.06bcd | 15.68 ± 1.51a | |
120 | 0.18 ± 0.03a | 8.92 ± 0.71abc | 0.36 ± 0.06a | 0.08 ± 0.04b | 0.55 ± 0.02cd | 15.33 ± 0.87a | |
132 | 0.17 ± 0.05ab | 9.39 ± 0.76abc | 0.33 ± 0.05ab | 0.07 ± 0.03b | 0.46 ± 0.05d | 14.21 ± 1.85a | |
Middle leaves | 0 | 0.05 ± 0.01c | 0.07 ± 0.02c | 0.17 ± 0.08cde | 0.07 ± 0.04ab | 1.07 ± 0.09a | 4.97 ± 0.68c |
24 | 0.06 ± 0c | 1.00 ± 0.22c | 0.23 ± 0.05bc | 0.08 ± 0.01a | 0.82 ± 0.08b | 6.86 ± 0.20c | |
48 | 0.06 ± 0bc | 4.27 ± 0.66b | 0.16 ± 0.07cde | 0.06 ± 0.02abcd | 0.70 ± 0.09bc | 12.82 ± 1.09b | |
60 | 0.07 ± 0.01bc | 6.91 ± 0.30a | 0.09 ± 0.03e | 0.07 ± 0.02abc | 0.80 ± 0.05b | 16.11 ± 1.27a | |
72 | 0.07 ± 0.01abc | 7.89 ± 1.07a | 0.13 ± 0.01de | 0.05 ± 0bcd | 0.69 ± 0.06bc | 16.00 ± 1.95a | |
84 | 0.06 ± 0bc | 8.61 ± 0.17a | 0.14 ± 0.02de | 0.04 ± 0d | 0.65 ± 0.08c | 17.45 ± 1.25a | |
96 | 0.07 ± 0.01bc | 8.35 ± 1.32a | 0.20 ± 0.02cd | 0.04 ± 0cd | 0.60 ± 0.07cd | 17.71 ± 0.61a | |
108 | 0.07 ± 0.01abc | 8.53 ± 0.54a | 0.28 ± 0.03b | 0.05 ± 0.02bcd | 0.57 ± 0.07cd | 15.72 ± 1.68ab | |
120 | 0.09 ± 0.01ab | 8.35 ± 0.30a | 0.38 ± 0.05a | 0.08 ± 0.01ab | 0.49 ± 0.07de | 15.53 ± 1.59ab | |
132 | 0.09 ± 0.02a | 7.83 ± 1.46a | 0.41 ± 0.05a | 0.08 ± 0.01ab | 0.38 ± 0.11e | 15.60 ± 1.21ab |