Table 3 Amino acid composition of Cyprinus carpio cultured under five different feeding regimes (g kg−1 of fresh weight).

From: Effect of Lemna minor supplemented diets on growth, digestive physiology and expression of fatty acids biosynthesis genes of Cyprinus carpio

Proteinogenic amino acids

LM0

LM5

LM10

LM15

LM20

Polynomial contrasts

Linear

Quadratic

Essential amino acids

Arginine (Arg)

6.74 ± 0.13d

7.99 ± 0.12c

11.79 ± 0.10a

10.81 ± 0.11b

11.91 ± 0.03a

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

Histidine (His)

3.83 ± 0.01a

3.68 ± 0.10a

3.29 ± 0.04b

3.38 ± 0.03b

3.27 ± 0.03b

 < 0.001

0.018

Isoleucine (Ile)

5.56 ± 0.07b

5.46 ± 0.12b

4.82 ± 0.07c

5.57 ± 0.01b

5.97 ± 0.02a

0.002

 < 0.001

Leucine (Leu)

10.10 ± 0.04a

10.05 ± 0.07a

8.43 ± 0.04d

9.25 ± 0.03b

8.89 ± 0.02c

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

Lysine (Lys)

12.53 ± 0.02a

11.76 ± 0.11b

9.70 ± 0.01d

10.24 ± 0.02c

10.23 ± 0.03c

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

Methionine (Met)

3.30 ± 0.05c

3.37 ± 0.06c

3.22 ± 0.06c

5.32 ± 0.19a

4.08 ± 0.02b

 < 0.001

0.303

Phenylalanine (Phe)

5.58 ± 0.03ab

5.73 ± 0.12a

5.42 ± 0.01b

5.77 ± 0.02a

5.75 ± 0.02a

0.082

0.212

Threonine (Thr)

5.24 ± 0.03d

5.40 ± 0.08c

5.56 ± 0.01c

6.19 ± 0.04b

6.42 ± 0.08a

 < 0.001

0.005

Tryptophan (Trp)

1.61 ± 0.04d

1.04 ± 0.05d

3.55 ± 0.03a

2.50 ± 0.08b

2.30 ± 0.07c

0.007

0.017

Valine (Val)

6.43 ± 0.14a

6.45 ± 0.13a

5.46 ± 0.70b

5.66 ± 0.05b

6.72 ± 0.04a

0.517

 < 0.001

Total

60.92 ± 0.50b

60.93 ± 0.30b

61.24 ± 0.24b

64.69 ± 0.53a

65.54 ± 0.49a

 < 0.001

0.096

Non-essential amino acids

Alanine (Ala)

7.81 ± 0.06b

7.11 ± 0.12d

7.53 ± 0.06c

7.94 ± 0.03b

8.25 ± 0.01a

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

Aspartate (Asp)

11.56 ± 0.01a

11.39 ± 0.07a

10.47 ± 0.07c

11.26 ± 0.02b

11.06 ± 0.08b

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

Cysteine (Cys)

1.34 ± 0.04a

1.48 ± 0.03a

1.03 ± 0.03b

1.36 ± 0.04a

1.14 ± 0.03b

0.001

0.718

Glutamic acid (Glu)

20.16 ± 0.04a

19.57 ± 0.01b

19.30 ± 0.06b

18.33 ± 0.15c

18.67 ± 0.08c

0.001

0.003

Glycine (Gly)

8.29 ± 0.13d

9.80 ± 0.08c

10.52 ± 0.04b

11.16 ± 0.00a

11.33 ± 0.11a

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

Proline (Pro)

18.48 ± 0.03b

20.45 ± 0.13a

18.05 ± 0.09c

17.85 ± 0.08c

16.73 ± 0.09d

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

Serine (Ser)

4.06 ± 0.05e

4.37 ± 0.08d

4.66 ± 0.00c

5.44 ± 0.03b

5.74 ± 0.01a

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

Tyrosine (Tyr)

3.57 ± 0.06c

2.61 ± 0.04e

4.92 ± 0.01a

3.19 ± 0.01d

3.85 ± 0.02b

 < 0.001

0.001

Total

75.27 ± 0.36a

76.78 ± 0.20a

76.48 ± 0.29a

76.53 ± 0.32a

76.77 ± 0.38a

0.001

0.014

Non-proteinogenic amino acids

Phosphoserine (p-Ser)

0.05 ± 0.00c

0.12 ± 0.01b

0.11 ± 0.02b

0.08 ± 0.01bc

0.20 ± 0.03a

 < 0.001

0.035

Taurine (Tau)

1.69 ± 0.08b

1.78 ± 0.03b

1.29 ± 0.02c

1.80 ± 0.01b

2.29 ± 0.02a

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

Cystathionine (Cysthi)

0.42 ± 0.01b

0.52 ± 0.02ab

0.49 ± 0.04ab

0.23 ± 0.02c

0.65 ± 0.01a

0.244

0.028

β Alanine ( β-Ala)

0.05 ± 0.01b

0.06 ± 0.01b

0.08 ± 0.05b

0.18 ± 0.02a

0.19 ± 0.03a

 < 0.001

0.012

β Amino isobutyric acid ( β -AiBA)

0.60 ± 0.01a

0.37 ± 0.01b

0.21 ± 0.02c

 < 0.001

0.001

ϒ Amino butyric acid ( ϒ—ABA)

0.39 ± 0.06a

0.09 ± 0.01b

0.02 ± 0.00c

0.42 ± 0.01a

0.497

 < 0.001

Hydroxylysine (Hylys)

0.47 ± 0.04a

0.41 ± 0.01a

0.17 ± 0.01b

0.08 ± 0.01c

0.03 ± 0.00d

 < 0.001

0.084

1 Methyl histidine (1 Mehis)

0.09 ± 0.02c

0.09 ± 0.00c

0.05 ± 0.01d

0.19 ± 0.01b

0.27 ± 0.01a

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

Hydroxyproline (Hypro)

0.70 ± 0.10d

1.23 ± 0.10c

1.87 ± 0.07b

2.12 ± 0.03a

2.15 ± 0.03a

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

Total

3.86 ± 0.16c

4.30 ± 0.19b

4.68 ± 0.22b

4.43 ± 0.08b

6.41 ± 0.14a

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

Total amino acids

140.05 ± 0.08b

142.01 ± 1.60b

142.41 ± 0.21b

145.65 ± 0.37a

148.72 ± 0.25a

 < 0.001

0.129

  1. Values (means ± SE, n = 3) in each row with different superscript are significantly different (p < 0.05). The polynomial orthogonal contrast was considered significant at p < 0.05 level.
  2. LM0 = Control, soybean; LM5 = 5% L. minor; LM10 = 10% L. minor; LM15 = 15% L. minor; LM20 = 20% L. minor.