Table 2
Results of the average value ± standard deviation and Tukey’s test for each amino acid listed in Fig. 4
| Australian beef |
| week | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Alanine | dry | 37±3 | a | 37±2 | a | 38±6 | a | 40±4 | a | 58±4 | b |
| wet | 40±0 | a | 43±1 | ab | 44±2 | b | 45±2 | b | 62±2 | c |
| Glutamic acid | dry | 13±2 | a | 15±1 | ab | 16±2 | ab | 18±3 | b | 29±2 | c |
| wet | 16±2 | a | 22±3 | ab | 24±3 | ab | 25±3 | b | 34±3 | b |
| Leucine | dry | 12±2 | a | 14±5 | a | 17±2 | a | 20±5 | a | 34±7 | b |
| wet | 16±5 | a | 25±2 | ab | 29±6 | ab | 30±6 | b | 39±6 | b |
| Ornithine | dry | 7±0 | a | 7±1 | a | 7±0 | a | 7±0 | a | 8±0 | a |
| wet | 7±1 | ab | 7±0 | a | 7±1 | ab | 7±1 | a | 10±2 | b |
| Okinawan delivered cow |
| week | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Alanine | dry | 33±2 | ab | 32±3 | a | 38±1 | ab | 36±2 | ab | 40±4 | b |
| wet | 30±2 | ab | 29±1 | ab | 28±4 | a | 29±2 | ab | 35±1 | b |
| Glutamic acid | dry | 16±1 | a | 17±2 | a | 24±1 | ab | 26±3 | b | 38±5 | c |
| wet | 13±1 | a | 16±1 | a | 17±4 | a | 24±2 | b | 31±3 | c |
| Leucine | dry | 4±1 | a | 11±1 | a | 25±2 | b | 32±4 | b | 42±5 | c |
| wet | 5±1 | a | 10±5 | ab | 18±5 | b | 33±7 | c | 44±5 | c |
| Ornithine | dry | 7±0 | a | 7±0 | a | 7±0 | a | 7±0 | a | 7±0 | a |
| wet | 6±0 | ab | 6±0 | a | 6±0 | a | 6±0 | a | 7±1 | b |