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Table 4 Effects of dietary supplementation with EP-Zn complex on the amino acid profile of breast muscle in broiler chickens

From: Dietary Enteromorpha polysaccharide-Zn supplementation regulates amino acid and fatty acid metabolism by improving the antioxidant activity in chicken

Parameter

Treatment group

P -value

Control

EP-Zn

 

EAA

  

Thr

327.97 ± 39.66

305.65 ± 45.83

0.72

Val

218.37 ± 26.78a

109.65 ± 14.26b

0.004

Met

153.36 ± 20.27

106.75 ± 16.79

0.21

Ile

210.93 ± 26.37

136.04 ± 21.96

0.09

Leu

410.17 ± 40.15

346.14 ± 51.76

0.62

Lys

238.85 ± 23.94

191.57 ± 33.00

0.45

Phe

220.37 ± 17.07a

119.28 ± 21.52b

0.007

 

NEAE

Tau

396.16 ± 28.29

386.26 ± 30.5

0.61

Asp

56.61 ± 8.21b

82.75 ± 12.66a

0.04

Ser

402.25 ± 27.02

426.28 ± 25.09

0.85

Glu

524.51 ± 27.22

523.07 ± 37.86

0.65

Gly

1582.42 ± 46.75a

794.92 ± 36.56b

0.009

Ala

1254.24 ± 52.85

1041.51 ± 43.02

0.61

Cys

142.26 ± 18.25a

30.08 ± 4.23b

< 0.01

Tyr

258.75 ± 36.94

202.23 ± 42.59

0.51

Arg

276.27 ± 47.16

176.86 ± 37.74

0.25

Pro

253.64 ± 18.88b

452.64 ± 23.42a

0.04

  1. Values are presented as mean ± SD (standard deviation); n = 8; Means within the same row with different superscript letters differ significantly (P < 0.05); EAA Essential amino acid, NEAA Non-essential amino acid