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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 7.
Published in final edited form as: Phys Med Biol. 2012 Jun 7;57(13):4095–4115. doi: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/13/4095

Table A5.

Hydrogen percentages of amino acids.

Amino Acid H
Isoleucine 9.8%
Leucine 9.8%
Lycine 9.4%
Methionine 6.9%
Phenylalanine 6.2%
Threonine 7.0%
Tryptophan 5.4%
Valine 9.2%
Alanine 7.1%
Asparagine 5.3%
Aspartic acid 4.4%
Cysteine 4.9%
Glutamic acid 5.5%
Glutamine 6.3%
Glycine 5.3%
Proline 7.3%
Selenocysteine 3.4%
Serine 5.8%
Tyrosine 5.6%
Arginine 7.7%
Histidine 5.1%
Ornithine 8.8%
Taurine 4.7%

Min 3.4%
Max 9.8%
Mean 6.6%
Standard Deviation 1.8%