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Metabolomics Reveals Differences in Muscle Metabolite Profiles Between Daweishan Mini Chickens and Tegel Broilers at Marketable Age.

  • Wei Huang1,2
  • Jinshan Ran1
  • Shangwen Wu1
  • Jing Li1
  • Tiao Ning1
  • Yanli Du1
  • Xiujuan Yang2
  1. 1College of Agronomy and Life Sciences, Kunming University, Kunming 650214, China.
  2. 2Faculty of Animal Science and Technology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China.
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Abstract

Metabolic differences are an important factor influencing the quality of chicken meat. To investigate the differences in muscle flavor precursors between Daweishan mini chickens and Tegel broilers, integrated metabolomics analyses were used to compare the muscle metabolite profiles of the two breeds at marketable age (150-day-old Daweishan mini chickens and 45-day-old Tegel broilers). The differential metabolites (DMs) were significantly enriched in aminoacyl-tRNA biosynthesis; glycine, serine and threonine metabolism; glutathione metabolism; alanine, aspartate and glutamate metabolism; arginine biosynthesis; purine metabolism; pantothenate and CoA biosynthesis; cysteine and methionine metabolism; glycerophospholipid metabolism; and D-glutamine and D-glutamate metabolism, which contributed to the quality differences between the two breeds. Moreover, 3-methylhistidine, L-carnosine, L-anserine, DL-lactate, choline, L-phenylalanine, and L-ascorbic acid were present at higher relative abundances in the muscle of Daweishan mini chickens at marketable age. This study provides basic data on the mechanisms underlying the meat quality of local chickens and a reference for the development and utilization of local chicken breeds and the selective breeding of high-quality broilers.

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@article{huang2026metabolomics,
  title = {{Metabolomics Reveals Differences in Muscle Metabolite Profiles Between Daweishan Mini Chickens and Tegel Broilers at Marketable Age.}},
  author = {Wei Huang and Jinshan Ran and Shangwen Wu and Jing Li and Tiao Ning and Yanli Du and Xiujuan Yang},
  journal = {Biology},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.3390/biology15201804},
  url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42939405},
  note = {CC BY},
}
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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Metabolomics Reveals Differences in Muscle Metabolite Profiles Between Daweishan Mini Chickens and Tegel Broilers at Marketable Age.
AU  - Wei Huang
AU  - Jinshan Ran
AU  - Shangwen Wu
AU  - Jing Li
AU  - Tiao Ning
AU  - Yanli Du
AU  - Xiujuan Yang
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/09
JO  - Biology
DO  - 10.3390/biology15201804
UR  - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42939405
AB  - Metabolic differences are an important factor influencing the quality of chicken meat. To investigate the differences in muscle flavor precursors between Daweishan mini chickens and Tegel broilers, integrated metabolomics analyses were used to compare the muscle metabolite profiles of the two breeds at marketable age (150-day-old Daweishan mini chickens and 45-day-old Tegel broilers). The differential metabolites (DMs) were significantly enriched in aminoacyl-tRNA biosynthesis; glycine, serine and threonine metabolism; glutathione metabolism; alanine, aspartate and glutamate metabolism; arginine biosynthesis; purine metabolism; pantothenate and CoA biosynthesis; cysteine and methionine metabolism; glycerophospholipid metabolism; and D-glutamine and D-glutamate metabolism, which contributed to the quality differences between the two breeds. Moreover, 3-methylhistidine, L-carnosine, L-anserine, DL-lactate, choline, L-phenylalanine, and L-ascorbic acid were present at higher relative abundances in the muscle of Daweishan mini chickens at marketable age. This study provides basic data on the mechanisms underlying the meat quality of local chickens and a reference for the development and utilization of local chicken breeds and the selective breeding of high-quality broilers.
SN  - 2079-7737
ER  -