Table 5. Free amino acid contents in garlic sprouts according to parts and growth period (mg/100 g)

Components	General garlic bulb	20th day				25th day
		SA1)	SL	SB	SR	SA	SL	SB	SR
Aspartic acid	49.48±27.184)D5)	168.10±19.44cdFGH	183.51±8.39cDE	87.64±0.45eEFG	287.15±6.12aE	152.54±14.09dFG	184.08±5.33cdEF	218.78±0.12bE	221.40±7.81bDE
Glutamic acid	147.75±38.95D	466.75±2.26dD	528.38±82.75dC	264.49±5.75eC	1,281.00±12.5aB	541.11±36.98cdD	614.41±52.13cC	929.44±22.10bC	952.52±61.27bB
Serine	107.58±20.45D	186.38±22.51bFG	271.94±10.12aD	107.22±0.15dEFG	188.48±13.44bEF	208.53±19.21bEFG	279.42±30.99aD	193.19±19.47bE	154.93±3.48cEF
Histidine	116.56±17.52D	200.25±26.77aFG	125.47±2.65cdEFG	147.49±15.49bcDEF	129.20±12.89cdFGH	152.07±13.69bcFG	157.91±15.49bEF	125.97±12.71cdFG	109.38±0.47dFGH
Glycine	75.14±8.91D	67.55±9.51dGH	119.06±2.94bEFG	40.55±0.28eG	132.60±9.09aFGH	67.70±7.77dFG	122.71±8.91abF	102.31±8.33cG	106.48±1.50cFGHI
Threonine	69.62±17.08D	121.79±33.70aGH	121.05±3.36aEFG	58.01±3.03cFG	114.23±8.85abFGH	101.25±10.33bcFG	152.52±18.96aEF	148.29±9.76aF	139.19±1.84aFG
Arginine	1,319.62±139.86B	954.69±144.25aC	259.80±19.14dD	917.95±104.12aB	486.15±41.84bD	882.32±78.82aC	341.31±35.27cdD	401.59±13.37bcD	396.34±11.03bcC
Alanine	131.05±20.51D	185.96±22.04bFG	220.75±9.16aDE	117.02±1.19deEFG	124.68±9.71deFGH	161.28±15.38cFG	191.72±21.62bEF	129.92±12.79dFG	102.16±2.93eFGHI
Tyrosine	82.25±12.35D	88.82±9.95aGH	61.91±1.10abcFG	81.13±12.35abEFG	62.88±6.73abcGH	59.97±6.39bcFG	47.66±37.45cG	10.44±2.80dH	50.98±1.16cHIJ
Valine	147.26±28.20D	277.33±53.01aEF	240.89±14.48abD	173.76±12.75cdCDE	164.18±14.03cdFG	240.94±19.19bEF	206.10±38.32bcE	203.33±10.64bcE	132.18±13.77dFG
Methionine	31.52±12.89D	74.53±35.71aGH	30.38±2.28bcG	29.01±1.28bcG	28.77±0.27bcH	50.00±6.54bFG	23.59±9.68cG	31.37±8.63bcH	19.45±1.37cIJ
Phenylalanine	137.67±28.59D	174.95±22.15aFGH	157.59±7.43abDEF	99.44±5.58eEFG	147.62±11.01bcFG	157.78±16.79abFG	181.80±13.08aEF	131.53±5.17cdFG	117.60±4.73deFGH
Isoleucine	43.84±15.44D	140.50±87.20aGH	72.39±3.39abFG	52.32±3.16bFG	88.30±12.75abFGH	77.85±8.59abFG	120.58±54.69abF	106.91±34.96abG	65.42±1.94abGHIJ
Leucine	51.62±17.16D	164.48±41.68aFGH	120.45±9.07bcEFG	77.97±5.04dEFG	140.91±12.36abcFGH	126.89±17.56abcFG	154.88±31.16abEF	138.40±15.71abcFG	108.18±7.62cdFGH
Lysine	262.42±63.90D	333.47±25.78aE	243.96±33.23bcD	234.30±19.12bcCD	187.04±43.96cEF	334.33±37.04aE	302.50±13.11aD	213.90±40.12cE	279.31±24.70abD
TAA2)	2,773.38±468.99A	3,605.56±29.82aA	2,757.53±209.48bcA	2,488.30±188cA	3,563.2±215.02aA	3,314.54±308.38bA	3,081.18±26.80bA	3,085.35±41.36bA	2,955.51±145.62bA
EAA3)	860.51±200.78C	1,487.31±220.90aB	1,112.18±75.88bcB	872.29±65.48cB	1,000.25±115.58cdC	1,241.10±129.74bB	1,299.87±137.28abB	1,099.68±32.04bcB	970.70±56.44cB
EAA/TAA (%)	30.86±2.02D	41.23±5.79aH	40.34±0.31abG	35.06±0.02bcG	28.02±1.55dH	37.42±0.43abcG	42.17±4.09aG	35.65±1.52bcH	32.84±0.29bcIJ

SA, garlic sprouted all; SL, garlic sprouted leaf; SB, garlic sprouted bulb; SR, garlic sprouted root.
TAA, total amino acid.
EAA, essential amino acid.
All values are mean±SD (n=3).
Means with different superscript letters in the same row are significantly different at p<0.05 by Duncan’s multiple range test (a>b>c>d>e).
Means with different superscript letters in the same column are significantly different at p<0.05 by Duncan’s multiple range test (A>B>C>D>E>F>G>H>I>J).