Table 2.

The amino acids content of yellow mealworm larvae

Amino acids	g/kg DM
Phenylalanine	12–82
Valine	20–49.2
Threonine	12–75
Tryptophan	4.6–58
Isoleucine	18.7– 32.1
Methionine	5.4–25.2
Histidine	11–35.6
Leucine	22–109
Lysine	12–105.6
Arginine	18–56
Tyrosine	22–67.2
Cysteine	3.9–6.9
Aspartic acid + asparagine	5–97.4
Serine	18.9–66
Glutamic acid + glutamate	38–125.3
Proline	29.9–95.9
Glycine	13–66
Alanine	30.5–100.9

Amino acids contents were obtained from published sources [5, 25, 33, 35, 40]