Table 1. Amino acid composition of the collagen peptides (per g collagen).
Amino acid | Weight (%) |
---|---|
Glycine | 22.2 |
Proline | 12.7 |
Hydroxyproline | 11.9 |
Glutamic acid | 10.2 |
Alanine | 8.6 |
Arginine | 7.3 |
Aspartic acid | 5.8 |
Serine | 3.2 |
Leucine | 2.7 |
Valine | 2.4 |
Phenylalanine | 2.1 |
Threonine | 1.8 |
Hydroxylysine | 1.6 |
Isoleucine | 1.4 |
Histidine | 1.0 |
Methionine | 0.9 |
Tyrosine | 0.8 |