Essential amino acids Mean % ± SD (W/W) Nonessential amino acids Mean % ± SD (W/W)
Phenyl alanine 0.993 ± 0.002 Glycine 0.813 ± 0.11
Lysine 1.015 ± 0.005 Serine 1.354 ± 0.02
Histidine 1.154 ± 0.011 Glutamic acid 1.93 ± 0.170
Methionine 2.145 ± 0.090 Cystine 1.134 ± 0.034
Arginine 1.193 ± 0.04 Glutamine 0.935 ± 0.02
Leucine 1.193 ± 0.04 Alanine 0.454 ± 0.104
Threonine 1.343 ± 0.07 Proline 0.934 ± 0.004
Iso leucine 1.125 ± 0.021 Asparagine 0.993 ± 0.01
Valine 1.093 ± 0.002 Tyrosine 1.094 ± 0.008
Tryptophan 1.235 ± 0.10 Aspartic acid 1.215 ± 0.075
Results are means ± standard deviation of triplicates.
Table 2: Amino acid content of P.viridis meat powder.