| S.No |
Amino acids |
Male |
Female |
Berried female |
Total |
| 1 |
Histidine |
1.883 ± 0.13b |
1.453 ± 0.25c |
2.452 ± 0.10a |
5.788 ± 2.13 |
| 2 |
Isoleucine |
1.945 ± 0.13b |
1.745 ± 0.20c |
2.045 ± 0.15a |
5.735 ± 1.88 |
| 3 |
Leucine |
- |
1.000 ± 0.10a |
0.486 ± 0.19b |
1.486 ± 2.12 |
| 4 |
Lysine |
0.306 ± 0.20b |
0.275 ± 0.21c |
0.453 ± 0.1a |
1.034 ± 0.29 |
| 5 |
Methionine |
1.212 ± 0.17b |
1.055 ± 0.19c |
2.433 ± 0.13a |
4.700 ± 1.81 |
| 6 |
Phenylalanine |
0.457 ± 0.18b |
0.345 ± 0.10c |
0.501 ± 0.21a |
1.303 ± 0.01 |
| 7 |
Threonine |
0.506 ± 0.21b |
0.477 ± 0.16c |
0.615 ± 0.15a |
1.598 ± 1.04 |
| 8 |
Tryptophan |
1.078 ± 0.19b |
1.008 ± 0.21c |
2.166 ± 0.14a |
4.252 ± 2.14 |
| 9 |
Valine |
0.142 ± 0.18b |
0.125 ± 0.17c |
0.245 ± 0.12a |
0.512 ± 1.25 |
| Total |
7.529 ± 0.15b |
7.483 ± 0.10c |
11.396 ± 1.25a |
25.480 ± 2.11 |
|
- Absent
Different superscripts in a rows are significantly different (P<0.05) |
| Table 1: Essential amino acids (g/100 g) in male, female and berried females of C.natator (Values are mean of three values ± SE). |
