Effect of Body Weight on the Nutritional Content of Rice Field Eel, Monopterus albus

Table 4

The amino acid score and chemical score of three sizes of Monopterus albus (mg/g).

Essential amino acids

Muscle

Skin

A

B

C

A

B

C

Amino acid score

Chemical score

Amino acid score

Chemical score

Amino acid score

Chemical score

Amino acid score

Chemical score

Amino acid score

Chemical score

Amino acid score

Chemical score

Isoleucine

1.22 ± 0.03^a

0.73 ± 0.01^a

1.45 ± 0.04^b

1.02 ± 0.03^b

1.41 ± 0.02^b

0.98 ± 0.01^b

1.25 ± 0.02^a

0.75 ± 0.03^a

1.49 ± 0.03^b

1.11 ± 0.03^b

1.44 ± 0.03^b

1.04 ± 0.03^b

Leucine

1.11 ± 0.02^a

0.74 ± 0.02^a

1.39 ± 0.02^b

1.06 ± 0.03^b

1.30 ± 0.03^b

0.98 ± 0.01^b

1.13 ± 0.01^a

0.76 ± 0.02^a

1.48 ± 0.02^b

1.10 ± 0.02^b

1.40 ± 0.02^b

1.05 ± 0.03^b

Threonine

1.00 ± 0.01

0.72 ± 0.01

1.05 ± 0.02

0.77 ± 0.03

1.07 ± 0.02

0.74 ± 0.02

1.04 ± 0.01

0.75 ± 0.02

1.11 ± 0.02

0.80 ± 0.03

1.10 ± 0.03

0.78 ± 0.03

Valine

1.04 ± 0.01

0.69 ± 0.02

1.15 ± 0.02

0.76 ± 0.03

1.10 ± 0.02

0.73 ± 0.02

1.05 ± 0.02^a

0.71 ± 0.01

1.18 ± 0.02^b

0.79 ± 0.02

1.12 ± 0.02

0.76 ± 0.02

Methionine + cysteine

0.83 ± 0.02^a

0.82 ± 0.02^a

1.18 ± 0.03^a

1.15 ± 0.02^a

1.10 ± 0.02^b

1.11 ± 0.03^b

0.85 ± 0.03^a

0.85 ± 0.02^a

1.22 ± 0.04^a

1.19 ± 0.02^a

1.19 ± 0.02^b

1.16 ± 0.03^b

Phenylalanine + tryptophan

1.34 ± 0.01

0.82 ± 0.02

1.47 ± 0.01

0.91 ± 0.02

1.43 ± 0.03

0.86 ± 0.02

1.38 ± 0.02

0.83 ± 0.02

1.55 ± 0.02

0.97 ± 0.02

1.47 ± 0.02

0.90 ± 0.02

Lysine

1.80 ± 0.03^a

1.01 ± 0.01

2.35 ± 0.03^b

1.11 ± 0.02

2.28 ± 0.03^b

1.08 ± 0.03

1.89 ± 0.03^a

1.04 ± 0.01

2.44 ± 0.03^b

1.18 ± 0.02

2.38 ± 0.02^b

1.13 ± 0.02

Total

1.15 ± 0.01

0.85 ± 0.02

1.25 ± 0.01

0.94 ± 0.02

1.20 ± 0.02

0.90 ± 0.02

1.17 ± 0.02

0.85 ± 0.02

1.29 ± 0.02

0.98 ± 0.02

1.25 ± 0.02

0.93 ± 0.02

Essential amino acid index

96.77 ± 0.56

96.32 ± 0.50

98.14 ± 0.51

97.22 ± 0.52

97.99 ± 0.49

96.86 ± 0.44

96.88 ± 0.45

96.55 ± 0.44

98.66 ± 0.50

97.84 ± 0.47

97.78 ± 0.44

96.92 ± 0.51

Note: In the same sampled tissue, the right superscript letter associated with the detection value for the same detection index of different groups indicates a significant difference ().