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Table 4 Composition of amino acids in protein concentrate

From: Concentration and characterization of microalgae proteins from Chlorella pyrenoidosa

Amino acids

Protein concentrate (g/100 g of protein)

Aspartic acid

8.12 ± 0.16

Glutamic acid

7.87 ± 0.23

Serine

2.79 ± 0.03

Histidine

1.64 ± 0.01

Glycine

9.73 ± 0.42

Threonine

3.45 ± 0.04

Arginine

5.91 ± 0.07

Alanine

5.08 ± 0.19

Tyrosine

1.22 ± 0.01

Phenylalanine

3.83 ± 0.11

Valine

5.17 ± 0.05

Methionine

3.30 ± 0.02

Cysteine

2.82 ± 0.06

Isoleucine

6.20 ± 0.14

Leucine

3.44 ± 0.06

Lysine

8.14 ± 0.37

  1. All the data are expressed as mean ± SD of two determinations