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Table 32 . Concentration of free amino acids in skeletal muscle of plaice
Plcuronectes platcvsa from a reference station at lie Tudy and
from oil-polluted Aber Benoit and Aber Wrac'h. n = 8 to 10 unless
otherwise stated.
June 1980 (twenty-seven months after spill)
FAA Concentration
(uM/g wet weight and standard deviation)
Amino Acid He Tudy Aber Benoit Aber Wrac'h
--, not detected
NA, not analyzed
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LYS 0.34+0.30 0.63+0.52 1.05+0.32*
HIS 0.29 + 0.13 1.39 + 0.63* 1 .87 jf 0.46*
ARG
TAU 16.92+3.96 12.37+3.63 11.81+2.30*
ASP 0.13 + Q.}A{7) }
significantly different from reference at a = 0.05
number of samples in which amino acid was detected.
0.08+0.03 0.06+0.02
THR 0.33+0.17 0.87+0.37 0.77+0.35
SER 0.80+0.32 0.59+0.38 0.63+0.37
GLU 0.26+0.19 0.25+0.08 0.19+0.06
PRO 0.24+0.28 1.73+2.34(9) 2.30+2.33(9)
GLY 2.50+2.08 14.65+6.95* 8.77+4.52*
ALA 2.26+0.60 1.28+0.43* 1.07+0.32*
CYS
V AL 0.34+0.37(3) 0.15+0.02(6) 0.16+0.02(6)
MET 0.15+0.08 0.12+0.02(9) 0.14+0.06(9)
ILE 0.12+0.18 0.08+0.04 0.09+0.02(8)
LEU 0.16+0.25 0.16+0.05 0.16+0.03(7)
TYR
PHE
NH 3 NA NA MA
Total FAA 24.84 35.37 29.07
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