Table 6. Free amino acid composition (mg/100 g) of Hanwoo loins from steers fed with conventional (control; 25% roughage), 50% roughage (T50), and 70% roughage (T70) diets

Item Control T50 T70 SEM1)
Alanine 38.94 34.56 26.20 2.912
Arginine 5.84 5.34 5.29 0.081
Asparagine 13.28 12.65 10.59 1.168
Aspartic acid 3.42 2.86 2.44 0.766
Cystine 9.77 8.92 6.80 0.654
Glutamic acid 30.62a 19.23ab 6.79b 2.789
Glycine 21.36a 18.92a 13.14b 2.125
Histidine 6.44 6.22 4.22 0.823
Isoleucine 7.61 6.83 5.87 0.890
Leucine 20.90 19.16 16.06 3.112
Lysine 8.36 7.88 6.86 1.598
Methionine 0.34 0.25 0.33 0.002
Phenylalanine 11.45 10.12 7.94 1.669
Proline 2.16 2.03 1.58 1.011
Serine 13.10 12.44 10.00 1.768
Taurine 15.39 14.35 14.09 1.562
Threonine 8.04 7.76 6.27 0.993
Tryptophan 10.68 9.14 9.74 1.540
Tyrosine 10.80 10.05 8.29 1.898
Valine 9.83 9.15 7.86 1.161
n=6.
Values with different letters differ significantly (p<0.05).