Characterization of Nutritional Composition, Antioxidative Capacity, and Sensory Attributes of Seomae Mugwort, a Native Korean Variety of Artemisia argyi H. Lév. & Vaniot

Table 2

Free amino acids profile of Artemisia princeps Pamp. and Seomae mugwort^(a).

	A. princeps	Seomae mugwort
Essential amino acid (mg/100 g of dried material)
Histidine	7.18 ± 0.16^a	2.54 ± 0.06^b
Phenylalanine	66.05 ± 0.26^b	93.78 ± 0.74^a
Valine	102.71 ± 1.97^b	167.07 ± 0.85^a
Leucine	59.26 ± 0.65^a	44.51 ± 0.60^b
Isoleucine	61.56 ± 0.89^a	47.62 ± 00.57^b
Threonine	22.20 ± 1.03^a	15.12 ± 0.29^b
Nonessential amino acid (mg/100 g of dried material)
Arginine	29.47 ± 0.68^a	20.55 ± 0.32^b
γ-Aminobutyric acid	12.60 ± 0.18^b	48.52 ± 0.87^a
Alanine	86.90 ± 0.88^a	34.29 ± 0.60^b
Cysteine	4.42 ± 0.30	4.52 ± 0.25
Glutamic acid	23.59 ± 0.68^b	33.45 ± 0.36^a
Tyrosine	7.62 ± 0.13^b	10.77 ± 0.38^a
Glycine	4.57 ± 0.25^b	11.39 ± 0.35^a
β-Alanine	16.18 ± 0.78	15.96 ± 0.09
α-Aminobutyric acid	2.53 ± 0.44^b	6.54 ± 0.37^a
Aspartic acid	7.01 ± 0.51^b	8.68 ± 0.29^a
Serine	47.52 ± 0.61	47.48 ± 0.65
Total essential amino acid	318.93 ± 1.22^b	370.64 ± 0.27^a
Total nonessential amino acid	242.35 ± 2.24	242.15 ± 2.80
Total free amino acid	561.28 ± 3.30^b	612.79 ± 2.97^a

Data represents the mean ± SD (). Different superscript letters indicate statistical significance of the differences between Seomae mugwort and A. princeps groups, tested by Student’s -test using the SAS. values less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant.