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Table 31. Concentration of free amino acids in skeletal muscle of plaice
Plcuroneateo platcr.sa from a reference station at He Tudy and
from oil-polluted Aber Benoit and Aber Wrac'h. n = 8 to 10 unless
otherwise stated.
February 1930 (23 months after spill)
FAA Concentration
(pM/g wet weight and standard deviation)
Amino Acid lie Tudy Aber Benoit Aber Wrac' h
LYS 0.57+0.40 0.95+0.58 0.55+0.42
HIS -- 0.50 + 0.21{1)^ 0.70 + 0.39
ARG
TAU 7.55+2.90 12.57+3.38* 12.36+2.33*
ASP 0.20 + 0.15(8)
THR 0.33+0.11 0.63+0.20* 0.78+0.42*
SER 0.70+0.52 0.93+0.50 0.79+0.36
GLU 0.57+0.20 0.24+0.13* 0.27+0.10*
PRO — — 1.51 + 0.72(3)
GLY 7.42+2.64 15.49+7.96* 18.61+5.32*
ALA 3.70+0.74 1.63+0.59* 1.53+0.40*
CYS
VAL
MET 0.32 + 0.08(5) — 0.03(1)
ILE 0.21 + 0.14(7)
LEU 0.29 + 0.17(7) — 0.16(1)
TYR
PHE
NH 3
NA NA NA
Total FAA 20.86 32.94 38.80
--, not detected
NA, not analyzed
* '
'
significantly different from reference at a = 0.05
number of samples
in which amino acid was detected.
319