Table 1.

Amino acid profile of Chlorella vulgaris

Essential amino acid (EAA)	%	Non-essential amino acid (NEAA)	%
Threonine	0.647	Aspartic	1.603
Valine	0.738	Serine	0.796
Methionine	0.272	Glutamic	2.086
Isoleucine	0.350	Proline	0.628
Leucine	1.209	Glycine	0.926
Phenylalanine	0.729	Alanine	1.079
Histidine	0.152	Cystine	1.083
Lysine	0.596	Tyrosine	0.440
-	-	Arginine	0.686
Total EAA	4.693	Total NEAA	9.327
Total profile	14.019	EAA/NEAA ratio	0.503