Table 2. Constituent amino acid contents according to cuts of Korean native goat meat

Amino acid (mg/100 g meat) Loin Leg Neck Rib
Aspartic acid 4,866ab1) 5,345a 3,776bc 3,206c
Threonine 2,440a 2,668a 1,891b 1,584b
Serine 2,161b 2,372a 1,743bc 1,470c
Glutamic acid 7,737ab 8,505a 6,210bc 5,361c
Glycine 2,586ab 2,850ab 2,947a 2,300b
Alanine 3,342ab 3,673a 2,906bc 2,394c
Cysteine 389.5a 352.8ab 320ab 276.3b
Valine 2,478a 2,672a 1,946b 1,615b
Methionine 1,456a 1,565a 1,055b 886.5b
Isoleucine 2,300a 2,487a 1,732b 1,482.2b
Leucine 4,601a 5,020a 2,660b 2,938b
Tyrosine 2,096a 2,302a 1,610b 1,347b
Phenylalanine 2,565a 2,857a 2,012b 1,611b
Lysine 4,828a 5,251a 3,720b 3,084b
Ammonia 762.3ab 935.0a 658.2b 573.3b
Histidine 1,723a 2,067a 1,214b 1,060b
Arginine 3,575ab 3,912a 3,027bc 2,461c
Hydroxy proline 666.3c 652.4c 1,249a 883.5b
Proline 2,789ab 2,949a 2,849ab 2,214b
Total 53,358ab 58,433a 43,535bc 36,745c
Means in the same row with different superscripts are significantly different at p<0.05.