Table 28 Concentration of free amino acids in skeletal muscle 

 plaice Plcuronectes platecaa from a reference station 

 in Baie de Douarnenez and from oil-polluted Aber Benoit. 

 n = 5 unless stated otherwise. 



December 1973 (nine months after spill) 



FAA Concentration 

 (pM/q wet weight and standard deviation) 

 Amino Acid Baie de Douarnenez Aber Benoit 



LYS 0.28 + 0.10 1.47 + 0.76* 



HIS 0.40 + 0.04 0.53 + 0.14 



ARG 0.37 + 0.09 0.26 + 0.08 



TAU 11.33+2.68 11.23+3.06 



ASP 



THR 0.84 + 0.19 0.66 + 3.06 



SER 0.92 + 0.68 0.71 + 0.18 



GLU 0.35 + 0.13 0.15 + 0.06 + 



PRO 0.27 + 0.11 0.48 + 0.18 



GLY 11.86 + 4.81 5.58 + 1.48* 



ALA 2.91 + 0.99 1.34 + 0.09* 



CYS 



VAL 0.12 + 0.01 + 0.23 + 0.17 + 



MET 0.07+0.01 + 0.07+0.02 



ILE 0.06 + 0.01 + 0.11 + 0.07 



LEU 0.11 + 0.01 + 0.13 + 0.08 



TYR 



PHE 



NH, 6.36 + 0.39 6.29 + 0.34 



Total FAA 29.89+9.86 22.95+6.58 



--, Not detected 



* two samples 



' significantly different from reference at a = 0.05. 



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