Table 1 Effects of dietary vitamin D on muscle amino acids profile in on-growing grass carp¹

Aspartic acid

1.85 ± 0.12^a

2.33 ± 0.22^bc

2.41 ± 0.20^bc

2.56 ± 0.22^c

2.23 ± 0.19^b

1.92 ± 0.20^a

Glutamic acid

4.41 ± 0.32^a

5.26 ± 0.51^b

6.69 ± 0.36^d

7.48 ± 0.57^e

5.91 ± 0.50^c

5.86 ± 0.44^c

Alanine

11.15 ± 0.84^a

12.98 ± 0.68^bc

14.72 ± 1.03^d

13.68 ± 1.21 ^cd

12.53 ± 1.19^bc

11.85 ± 0.65^ab

Serine

3.70 ± 0.30^a

4.33 ± 0.39^b

4.98 ± 0.28^c

4.14 ± 0.24^b

4.04 ± 0.17^b

3.49 ± 0.20^a

Glycine

16.28 ± 0.93^a

18.30 ± 1.08^b

20.92 ± 1.54^c

22.55 ± 1.15^d

19.38 ± 1.69^bc

18.48 ± 1.63^b

Threonine

10.50 ± 0.67^a

11.78 ± 0.89^b

12.91 ± 0.81 ^cd

13.64 ± 0.64^d

14.74 ± 0.32^e

12.27 ± 0.72^bc

Valine

3.10 ± 0.26^a

3.85 ± 0.13^b

4.27 ± 0.31^d

3.81 ± 0.27^e

3.45 ± 0.33^d

3.30 ± 0.29^c

Methionine

2.44 ± 0.13^a

3.18 ± 0.18^b

4.95 ± 0.38^c

5.56 ± 0.37^d

6.08 ± 0.34^e

6.52 ± 0.39^f

Isoleucine

2.94 ± 0.24^a

3.55 ± 0.21^bc

4.35 ± 0.25^d

3.82 ± 0.15^c

3.57 ± 0.32^bc

3.32 ± 0.27^b

Leucine

3.57 ± 0.25^a

4.45 ± 0.32^bc

5.12 ± 0.41^d

4.63 ± 0.27^c

4.22 ± 0.31^b

3.73 ± 0.24^a

Phenylalanine

3.13 ± 0.25^a

3.82 ± 0.30^b

3.98 ± 0.20^b

4.10 ± 0.20^b

4.62 ± 0.23^c

4.79 ± 0.42^c

Lysine

36.13 ± 2.43^a

38.14 ± 3.59^ab

40.37 ± 2.84^b

44.90 ± 3.39^c

48.87 ± 4.00^d

45.04 ± 2.35^c

Histidine

93.14 ± 6.11^a

97.08 ± 9.40^a

102.11 ± 8.39^ab

110.58 ± 7.30^b

134.89 ± 7.50^c

127.39 ± 8.48^c

Arginine

17.40 ± 1.38^a

19.64 ± 0.87^b

21.27 ± 1.72^b

23.78 ± 2.24^c

21.35 ± 0.78^b

19.69 ± 1.51^b

Proline

39.84 ± 2.38^a

43.27 ± 3.45^b

47.33 ± 4.08^c

47.11 ± 2.75^c

47.30 ± 1.21^c

47.43 ± 3.68^c

Tyrosine

3.77 ± 0.29^a

4.27 ± 0.32^bc

4.83 ± 0.44^d

4.34 ± 0.36^c

4.11 ± 0.30^abc

3.86 ± 0.27^ab