essential

Month	Valine	Leucine	Isoleucine	Threonine	Methionine	Phenylalanine	Lysine	Histidine	Tryptophan
1	4.63 ± 0.03^d	8.30 ± 0.03^a	4.25 ± 0.04^a	2.63 ± 0.14^mn	4.35 ± 0.03^a	4.53 ± 0.37^a	8.41 ± 0.06^a	2.78 ± 0.07^abc	2.36 ± 0.26^a
1.5	2.86 ± 0.07^gh	4.29 ± 0.04^jk	3.04 ± 0.04^e	3.21 ± 0.05^j	2.69 ± 0.03^cd	2.46 ± 0.15^ef	4.46 ± 0.05^fg	2.58 ± 0.03^defg	2.02 ± 0.01^bc
2	2.88 ± 0.10^gh	4.32 ± 0.07^jk	2.57 ± 0.02^jkl	2.71 ± 0.03^m	2.55 ± 0.09^e	2.26 ± 0.01^gh	3.90 ± 0.04^h	2.47 ± 0.06^fghi	2.00 ± 0.02^c
2.5	3.16 ± 0.04^fg	5.12 ± 0.08^e	2.75 ± 0.10^gh	3.58 ± 0.14^gh	2.71 ± 0.16^cd	2.66 ± 0.03^c	4.51 ± 0.11^f	2.82 ± 0.12^ab	2.03 ± 0.00^bc
3	2.76 ± 0.40^gh	5.44 ± 0.17^d	2.54 ± 0.01^klm	3.34 ± 0.03ⁱ	2.77 ± 0.12^c	2.33 ± 0.02^g	4.50 ± 0.04^f	2.50 ± 0.10^fghi	1.99 ± 0.00^c
3.5	3.38 ± 0.50^ef	4.27 ± 0.09^jk	2.57 ± 0.01^jkl	3.53 ± 0.02^h	2.64 ± 0.16^d	2.30 ± 0.01^g	4.38 ± 0.05^g	2.65 ± 0.11^bcdef	2.00 ± 0.01^c
4	3.62 ± 0.34^e	5.02 ± 0.07^f	2.81 ± 0.06^fg	3.65 ± 0.2^g	2.56 ± 0.08^e	2.46 ± 0.03^ef	3.74 ± 0.12ⁱ	2.54 ± 0.04^efgh	2.05 ± 0.02^bc
4.5	2.75 ± 0.01^gh	4.07 ± 0.01^lm	2.49 ± 0.01^mn	2.63 ± 0.08^mn	2.43 ± 0.02^gh	2.07 ± 0.04^ij	3.18 ± 0.06ⁿ	2.36 ± 0.02^hi	1.99 ± 0.01^c
5	4.56 ± 1.39^d	4.75 ± 0.10^h	2.76 ± 0.02^g	3.87 ± 0.08^e	2.51 ± 0.07^efg	2.26 ± 0.05^gh	3.94 ± 0.01^h	2.72 ± 0.04^bcde	2.01 ± 0.02^bc
5.5	3.19 ± 0.20^fg	4.91 ± 0.07^g	2.76 ± 0.10^g	3.77 ± 0.07^f	2.43 ± 0.01^gh	2.17 ± 0.07^hi	5.02 ± 0.16^c	2.59 ± 0.08^cdefg	2.01 ± 0.01^bc
6	2.69 ± 0.08^h	4.01 ± 0.04^m	2.45 ± 0.02ⁿ	3.36 ± 0.03ⁱ	2.43 ± 0.01^gh	2.09 ± 0.01^ij	3.31 ± 0.06^m	2.45 ± 0.03^fghi	1.99 ± 0.01^c
6.5	3.12 ± 0.26^fgh	4.34 ± 0.02^j	2.85 ± 0.03^f	4.68 ± 0.05^c	2.70 ± 0.09^cd	2.64 ± 0.03^cd	5.95 ± 0.06^b	2.48 ± 0.05^fghi	2.04 ± 0.01^bc
7	5.64 ± 0.07^b	4.12 ± 0.06^l	3.50 ± 0.10^c	4.67 ± 0.18^c	2.94 ± 0.07^b	2.80 ± 0.05^b	3.41 ± 0.14^l	2.57 ± 0.18^efgh	2.02 ± 0.02^bc
7.5	6.79 ± 0.06^a	6.18 ± 0.04^b	3.66 ± 0.02^b	5.73 ± 0.06^b	2.66 ± 0.012^d	2.74 ± 0.13^bc	4.92 ± 0.08^d	2.55 ± 0.04^efgh	2.04 ± 0.02^bc

*Mean ± SD in the same column with different superscript letters are significant differences (p<0.05 ).

Table 1: Content of essential amino acid in Pangarius boucourti (1-12 months)