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Table 5 Effect of dietary crude protein source and level on intracellular free amino acid profile in the longissimus dorsi muscle of finishing gilts (90–113 kg, n = 6), μg/g

From: Influences of dietary protein sources and crude protein levels on intracellular free amino acid profile in the longissimus dorsi muscle of finishing gilts

Item

Protein source

Protein level

SEM

P

Cottonseed meal

Soybean meal

12 %

14 %

Source

Level

Source × Level

Arginine

19.36

18.50

18.76

19.10

0.85

0.50

0.79

0.70

Histidine

84.49

84.66

84.69

84.46

1.43

0.93

0.91

0.79

Isoleucine

8.94

9.30

8.80

9.44

0.43

0.57

0.31

0.44

Leucine

15.70

15.03

16.07

14.67

0.52

0.71

0.09

0.24

Lysine

20.76

19.51

21.93

18.34

0.93

0.38

0.02

0.28

Methionine

5.26

5.51

5.73

5.05

0.18

0.34

0.02

0.44

Phenylalanine

10.94

11.03

11.33

10.64

0.28

0.84

0.11

0.48

Threonine

9.24

9.56

9.81

8.99

0.51

0.67

0.27

0.32

Tryptophan

2.92

3.02

2.82

3.12

0.12

0.58

0.09

0.48

Valine

14.05

12.36

13.15

13.26

0.49

0.03

0.88

<0.01

Alanine

158.09

165.34

161.15

162.48

6.40

0.42

0.89

0.21

Asparagine

5.37

5.13

5.58

4.92

0.31

0.59

0.15

0.35

Cysteine

0.61

0.29

0.58

0.33

0.12

0.08

0.12

0.53

γ-aminobutyric acid

0.36

0.36

0.37

0.36

0.01

0.99

0.50

0.66

Glutamate

12.11

13.63

12.31

13.43

1.03

0.31

0.45

0.82

Glutamine

92.04

83.21

100.73

74.53

10.01

0.52

0.08

0.56

Glycine

38.21

43.12

42.79

38.55

2.42

0.17

0.23

0.34

Proline

13.06

12.93

13.19

12.80

0.43

0.84

0.53

0.41

Serine

11.56

10.02

11.62

9.95

0.60

0.09

0.07

0.27

Tyrosine

11.11

10.77

10.97

10.90

0.46

0.62

0.95

0.70

Sulfur-containing amino acidsa

5.87

5.80

6.30

5.37

0.23

0.84

0.01

0.78

Total amino acids

534.21

533.49

552.39

515.31

13.23

0.84

0.01

0.78

  1. aSum of methionine and cysteine