The attraction activities for three species of test animals, abalone
Haliotis discus, oriental weatherfish
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus and yellowtail Seriola
quinqueradiata were behaviorally and statistically investigated mainly of L-and
antero-dipeptides composed of a neutral amino acid, glycine and one of the basic L-ones, arginine, histidine and lysine at N-terminal. In a comparison test between two kinds of n-and L-dipeptides, and antero-and retro-ones having respectively N-terminal histidine and
C-terminal histidine, the activities of L-and retro-types were respectively appreciably higher than those of the D-and
antero-types. Among thirty-three specimens of L-dipeptides tested, only glycylalanine was a common attractant for all three test animals, while arginylalanine, alanylhistidine, valyllysine and other 4 peptides were attractants for two species, and
glycylaspartic acid and other 11 peptides were effective for one species. The attraction activity of dipeptides depended on the species of test animals. In comparison between the activities of dipe-ptides and those of their constituent amino acids, some dipeptides showed apparent synergistic effect in highest degree for both abalone and oriental weatherfish, but the effectiveness of all the attractive peptides for the yellowtail was less than additive.
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