TABLE 1.

Nutritional composition and artemisinin content of dried Artemisia annua leaves.

Item a	Value	Unit
Gross energy	3,080	kcal/kg
Crude protein	9.80	%
Crude fiber	7.30	%
Ether extract	4.30	%
Total lysine	0.47	%
Total methionine	0.13	%
Total arginine	0.37	%
Total leucine	0.62	%
Total isoleucine	0.39	%
Total valine	0.46	%
Total threonine	0.34	%
Total cysteine	0.11	%
Total phenylalanine	0.41	%
Total tryptophan	<0.02	%
Total artemisinin	0.93	%

^a The samples were sent to the University of Missouri agricultural experiment station chemical laboratories for the above-mentioned analysis.