Table 4.
Free amino acid contents in commercial dried lavers (Unit : mg/100 g)

Amino acid	Area
	Seocheon	Wando	Goheung	Busan
	Phosphoserine	60.14±1.701)a	54.60±1.85b	57.59±1.15b	38.35±1.84c
Taurine	971.83±13.53b	1,184.34±10.13a	985.39±13.88b	1,197.28±15.02a
Phosphoethanolamine	5.60±0.39a	5.74±0.55a	4.03±0.46b	4.42±0.29b
Aspartic acid	33.55±3.05c	147.80±9.43a	20.68±2.52d	81.04±2.41b
Threonine	20.99±1.34b	35.27±2.37a	24.53±0.73b	33.39±3.10a
serine	5.44±0.31c	16.23±0.81a	2.86±0.16d	10.81±1.70b
Asparagine	56.08±3.62b	77.79±0.85a	46.69±1.66c	39.93±1.53d
Glutamic acid	687.69±10.58b	785.55±11.48a	535.64±12.84c	516.57±8.90c
Proline	27.99±1.51a	15.06±0.58b	15.50±0.90b	13.55±0.72b
Glycine	10.51±1.71b	11.14±0.77ab	13.06±1.46a	9.22±0.81b
Alanine	733.95±7.52d	1,937.89±8.32a	1,133.03±13.25c	1,345.11±7.44b
Citrulline	15.90±2.17c	20.42±1.26b	71.00±2.67a	12.85±1.02c
α-aminobutyric acid	2.25±0.11ab	2.41±0.34a	1.99±0.09b	2.00±0.10b
Valine	30.61±3.60a	31.16±4.34a	28.96±3.20a	26.40±2.28a
Methionine	3.67±0.27b	4.11±0.19a	0.97±0.08d	3.08±0.08c
Isoleucine	20.49±2.17a	23.20±1.97a	15.65±0.68b	20.22±2.03a
Leucine	34.49±2.61a	33.94±2.62a	24.72±3.26b	27.98±3.75b
Tyrosine	14.34±2.00a	14.87±0.49a	10.34±1.22b	13.69±0.86a
phenylalanine	18.29±3.11a	18.57±2.50a	16.20±1.87a	16.90±2.02a
β-alanine	2.16±.20a	1.22±0.16b	1.40±0.14b	1.29±0.02b
β-aminoisobutyric acid	1.80±0.10d	3.50±0.23b	2.81±0.20c	5.07±0.25a
γ-amino-n-butyric acid	44.73±4.53a	31.66±5.10b	35.08±2.71b	49.37±4.64a
Histidine	5.43±0.22b	7.30±0.28a	4.18±0.08c	5.26±0.25b
Ornitine	1.87±0.18b	1.52±0.07b	4.51±0.48a	1.46±0.09b
Lysine	19.10±2.81a	16.58±3.98a	15.44±2.70a	15.69±3.47a
Ethanolamine	17.64±1.79a	18.19±1.31a	15.15±1.97a	18.16±2.76a
Arginine	25.10±4.01b	45.41±4.74a	15.81±2.65c	17.56±3.28c
Total	2,871.62±12.74d	4,545.44±17.20a	3,103.19±25.62c	3,526.64±22.72b

Values are mean±SD (n=3).
Means with different letters in the same row are significantly different at p<0.05 by Duncan's multiple range test.