Table 4. Changes in the free amino acid composition of loin and ham peptide extracts from JBP and LYD after In vitro digestion

Amino acid Free amino acid content (mg/g dw)
Loin Ham
JBP LYD JBP LYD
Before digestion After digestion Before digestion After digestion Before digestion After digestion Before digestion After digestion
Aspartic acid 0.20 0.13 0.39 0.28 0.15 0.08 0.34 0.26
Threonine 0.46 2.62 0.55 2.50 0.53 2.74 0.47 2.70
Serine 0.53 1.70 0.62 1.65 0.55 1.79 0.53 1.78
Asparagine 0.77 1.93 0.97 2.03 0.79 2.09 0.92 2.32
Glutamic acid 2.61 3.00 4.64 4.64 3.07 3.50 4.31 5.19
Glutamine 0.27 4.26 0.33 3.55 0.41 4.60 0.53 4.52
Glycine 0.26 0.31 0.29 0.32 0.28 0.36 0.24 0.38
Alanine 1.21 3.68 1.47 3.63 1.38 3.78 1.46 3.70
Valine 0.59 2.91 0.88 2.95 0.67 3.05 0.74 3.10
Methionine 0.84 6.26 1.25 5.90 1.07 6.29 1.30 6.66
Isoleucine 1.72 5.33 2.18 5.15 1.77 5.66 2.03 5.85
Leucine 3.72 24.83 5.47 23.93 4.66 26.19 5.44 26.68
Tyrosine 1.56 16.70 1.77 15.31 1.58 17.47 1.88 17.38
Phenylalanine 0.95 16.11 1.10 15.03 0.99 16.54 1.12 16.82
Tryptophan ND 2.71 ND 2.50 ND 2.90 ND 2.72
Ornithine 0.32 0.51 0.59 0.55 0.31 0.51 0.50 0.67
Lysine 1.16 22.17 1.83 20.99 1.31 23.67 1.40 24.84
Histidine 0.11 2.41 0.16 2.19 0.12 2.50 0.12 2.52
Arginine 1.20 27.85 1.89 28.60 1.43 30.09 1.80 30.78
Proline 0.34 1.14 0.32 0.96 0.43 1.10 0.35 1.14
Carnosine ND ND ND ND ND ND ND ND
Total 18.82 146.56 26.70 142.66 21.50 154.91 25.48 160.01
dw, dry weight; JBP, Jeju black pigs; LYD, three-way crossbred pigs (Landrace × Yorkshire × Duroc); ND, not detected.