Table 3
Total amino acid composition of cactus Cheonnyuncho (Opuntia humifusa) (Unit: mg/100 g)
| Composition | Cs1) powder | Cf2) powder | t-value |
| Content | Relative ratio(%) | Content | Relative ratio(%) |
| Aspartic acid | 713.96±1.65 | 11.15 | 176.75±5.41 | 19.51 | 5,107.32*** |
| Threonine | 270.55±2.34 | 4.23 | 70.20±2.45 | 3.78 | 1,016.34*** |
| Serine | 338.41±5.47 | 5.29 | 99.69±0.37 | 5.36 | 238.42*** |
| Glutamic acid | 1,397.93±11.35 | 521.83 | 706.76±6.45 | 538.03 | 1,562.34*** |
| Proline | 202.86±3.87 | 3.17 | 36.01±0.87 | 1.94 | 173.52*** |
| Glycine | 323.51±3.62 | 5.05 | 105.49±0.96 | 65.68 | 68.46*** |
| Alanine | 440.99±3.74 | 6.89 | 72.27±1.04 | 3.89 | 79.34*** |
| Cysteine | 46.42±0.81 | 0.73 | ND5) | - | - |
| Valine | 264.41±1.76 | 4.13 | 82.06±0.64 | 4.42 | 236.17*** |
| Methionine | 102.18±0.66 | 1.60 | 21.75±0.23 | 1.17 | 142.68*** |
| Isoleucine | 203.12±2.03 | 3.17 | 67.46±1.62 | 3.63 | 67.32*** |
| Leucine | 404.70±3.46 | 6.32 | 124.78±1.37 | 76.72 | 431.05*** |
| Tyrosine | 204.76±2.77 | 3.20 | ND | - | - |
| Phenylalanine | 182.72±1.06 | 2.85 | ND | - | - |
| Histidine | 160.15±1.18 | 2.50 | 37.15±0.84 | 2.00 | 69.53*** |
| Lysine | 392.88±0.98 | 6.14 | 103.69±1.36 | 65.58 | 55.46*** |
| Arginine | 651.42±4.73 | 10.17 | 94.70±2.39 | 5.10 | 135.36*** |
| Tryptophane | 101.53±0.76 | 1.58 | 59.43±3.05 | 3.19 | 87.22*** |
| TAA3) | 6402.50 | 100.00 | 1858.19 | 100.00 | |
| EAA4) | 1980.71 | 30.94 | 507.09 | 27.30 | |
1)Cs, cactus Cheonnyuncho (O. humifusa) stem.
2)Cf, cactus Cheonnyuncho (O. humifusa) fruit.
3)Total amino acid.
4)Total essential amino acid (Thr+Val+Met+Ile+Leu+Phe+His+Lys).
5)ND, Not detected. ***p<0.001.