Table 4. Free amino acid composition of sprouted garlic grown in water (unit: mg%, dry basis)

Amino acid	Cultivation time (days)
	0	4	8	12	16	20
Arg	2,654.040±7.270c	2,763.063±16.265d	2,751.773±14.055d	2,832.063±21.355e	2,318.740±1.220a	2,417.717±39.455b
Lys*1)	209.047±1.585a	228.960±2.780b	251.530±2.320c	261.670±2.220d	267.240±2.200e	268.137±5.405f
Asp	27.170±0.970b	25.420±.230a	31.037±0.315c	59.640±0.560d	95.050±0.370e	98.560±0.600f
Glu	209.597±0.155b	190.613±1.255a	210.387±2.005b	268.187±3.765c	324.300±1.680e	331.250±4.840f
Ser	128.793±0.015c	97.927±0.705a	98.843±0.865a	105.800±1.160b	130.210±0.300c	132.070±1.410d
Thr*	37.390±0.150a	36.830±0.580a	42.370±0.450b	47.317±0.685c	59.067±0.065d	63.467±0.675e
Asn	197.180±0.400a	193.257±1.155a	223.087±2.165b	273.967±2.815c	297.897±0.835e	383.210±4.810f
Gln	1,054.937±0.195b	843.910±2.030a	1,142.430±6.190c	1,514.130±19.340d	2,034.910±2.980e	2,261.520±34.390f
Gly	13.397±0.345a	12.990±0.290a	17.870±0.200b	21.023±0.225c	27.600±0.510d	28.260±0.190e
Pro	198.320±14.320d	173.283±6.695c	148.997±6.465b	135.270±1.720ab	127.800±3.800a	129.180±8.580a
His	73.790±0.180a	77.990±0.370b	81.330±0.560c	88.443±0.725d	85.833±0.485e	92.887±1.515f
Phe*	89.163±0.085a	96.680±0.350b	98.587±0.825c	95.520±0.970b	99.697±0.565c	100.243±1.715c
Tyr	186.833±0.195a	205.247±0.585b	211.497±1.555c	218.210±2.130c	211.320±0.190d	224.640±2.900e
Trp*	ND1)	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
Ala	63.960±0.330b	58.683±0.465a	78.853±0.565c	89.297±0.885d	110.220±0.280e	123.613±1.115f
Val*	60.713±0.925b	55.110±1.230a	66.147±0.645c	71.340±0.790d	84.163±1.085e	94.267±1.475f
Ile*	32.133±0.165a	35.137±0.545b	44.913±0.265c	50.987±0.565d	60.297±0.285e	66.140±1.320f
Leu*	52.873±0.150a	60.917±0.415b	74.087±0.315c	90.800±0.520d	111.653±0.995e	121.920±1.900f
Met*	11.873±0.835a	12.600±0.560a	16.683±0.165b	20.300±0.420c	23.623±0.655d	25.723±0.735e
Cys	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
Citrulline	11.363±0.185c	9.917±0.255b	9.713±0.195b	12.107±0.175d	9.273±0.055a	12.790±0.240e
GABA	33.597±2.615a	33.270±0.880a	57.263±0.955c	52.507±1.005b	76.430±0.870e	69.640±1.950d
ornitnine	23.633±3.245c	19.437±0.245b	17.130±0.310b	17.260±0.420b	13.780±0.560a	14.093±1.195a
Total essential amino acid	493.19±0.49	526.23±0.81	594.32±0.62	637.93±0.77	705.74±0.73	739.90±1.65
Total free amino acid	5,369.80±1.63	5,231.24±1.80	5,674.53±1.97	6,325.84±2.97	6,569.10±0.95	7,059.33±5.54

Means±SD (n=3) within each column followed by different letters are significantly different (p<0.05).
Essential amino acid.
Essential amino acid.
ND, not detected.