Table 5. The content of total amino acids in various parts of Hovenia dulcis Thunbergii

Amino acids (mg/100 g)	Hovenia dulcis parts
Amino acids (mg/100 g)	Fruit	Branch	Leaf
Aspartic acid	125.11±4.67^4)b5)	229.13±24.81^b	851.58±33.97^a
Serine	68.80±5.39^c	134.42±17.54^b	513.27±28.64^a
Glutamic acid	141.09±12.65^c	312.94±10.91^b	910.86±26.48^a
Glycine	60.54±7.66^c	129.06±18.62^b	608.98±15.92^a
Histidine	44.55±3.92^b	48.85±7.75^b	762.55±23.78^a
Arginine	177.47±15.67^b	179.65±6.97^b	1,041.17±24.98^a
Threonine	59.07±4.33^b	133.08±14.16^b	862.85±16.84^a
Alanine	76.90±6.54^b	131.21±18.24^b	451.51±22.38^a
Proline	212.51±18.96^b	358.86±30.67^b	591.83±27.18^a
Tyrosine	55.93±7.29^c	284.39±22.42^b	1,871.84±35.79^a
Cystine	75.69±8.15^c	125.29±13.68^b	538.53±13.57^a
Valine	7.70±1.34^b	17.39±4.25^b	105.24±6.84^a
Methionine	112.29±5.88^b	107.26±11.72^b	564.54±23.44^a
Lysine	58.08±6.92^c	112.11±16.57^b	466.46±18.27^a
Isoleucine	97.67±11.84^b	173.60±19.38^b	963.18±26.88^a
Leucine	61.51±7.94^b	110.65±14.77^b	599.91±21.42^a
Phenylalanine	274.65±20.42^b	156.52±13.29^c	398.61±7.34^a
TAA¹⁾	1,709.56±8.92	2,744.40±14.64	12,102.91±17.71
EAA²⁾	455.04±4.64	828.24±12.14	4,863.26±14.88
EAA/TAA(%)³⁾	26.62	30.18	40.18

TAA, total amino acid.
EAA, essential amino acid (Thr+Val+Mct+Ile+Leu+His+Lys).
EAA/TAA (%), essential amino acid/total amino acid.
All values are mean±SD (n=3).
Means with different superscript letters in the same row are significantly different by Duncan’s multiple range test (p⟨0.05). a⟩b⟩c.