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Table 30. Concentration of free amino acids in skeletal muscle of
plaice Pleuroncctes platessa from a reference station at
lie Tudy and from oil-polluted Aber Benoit and Aber Wrac'h.
n = 5 unless otherwise stated.
August 1979 (seventeen months after spill)
FAA Concentration
(tiM/g wet weight and standard deviation)
Amino Acid He Tudj, Aber Benoit
LYS 0.96 + 0.65 0.64 + 0.33
HIS 0.97 + 0.66 0.66 + 0.12
ARG 0.17 + 0.02 +
TAU 9.28 + 1.22 10.08 + 1.32
ASP 0.03 + 0.01 +
0.05 + 0.03"
THR 0.36 + 0.15 0.48 + 0.07
SER 0.27 + 0.22 0.41 + 0.22
GLU
PRO
0.10 + 0.01
0.50+0.03
+
0.18 _ 0.05 +
0.74+0.20 +
GLY 9.96 _
3.40 6.57 + 3.14
ALA 1.67 + 0.81 0.86 + 0.26
CYS -- 0.18 +
VAL
MET 0.03 + 0.04 +
ILE 0.41 + 0.03 +
LEU 0.04 + 0.001 +
TYR
PHE
0.39 + 0.53 +
0.07 + 0.03 +
0.10 + 0.08 +
Aber
NH, 5.65 + 0.58 5.38 + 2.19 6.34 + 1.27