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. 2011 Jul 23;51(1):16–24. doi: 10.1007/s13197-011-0455-4

Table 6.

Amino acid composition of shrinp waste protein hydrolysate prepared at sifferent stages of hydrolysis

Amino acids Amount dry basis (% pico mol × 6.25) expressed as percentage of total amino acid composition in samples prepared at different degree of hydrolysis*
0 h 0.5 h 1 h 1.5 h
Aspartic acid 6.4 ± 0.35 8.0 ± 0.35 8.6 ± 0.05 9.00 ± 0.32
Threonine 1.0 ± 0.04 1.2 ± 0.04 1.1 ± 0.22 1.0 ± 0.22
Serine 1.8 ± 0.45 1.8 ± 0.45 2.00 ± 0.45 2.0 ± 0.05
Glutamic acid 9.6 ± 0.02 10.5 ± 0.02 11.1 ± 0.06 11.4 ± 0.04
Proline 1.7 ± 0.11 0.56 ± 0.11 0.45 ± 0.01 0.40 ± 0.06
Glycine 11.8 ± 0.03 16.4 ± 0.03 14.8 ± 0.45 14.0 ± 0.08
Alanine 8.7 ± 0.05 4.3 ± 0.05 4.2 ± 0.22 3.8 ± 0.88
Cystine 4.6 ± 0.01 2.2 ± 0.01 2.4 ± 0.05 2.5 ± 0.56
Valine 7.9 ± 0.38 9.9 ± 0.38 10.0 ± 0.01 11.1 ± 0.02
Methionine 2.5 ± 0.23 3.9 ± 0.23 3.00 ± 0.08 2.1 ± 0.01
Isoleucine + Leucine 12.3 ± 0.01 14.4 ± 0.01 15.3 ± 0.05 16.2 ± 0.09
Tyrosine 2.3 ± 0.62 1.4 ± 0.62 1.4 ± 0.06 1.2 ± 0.15
Phenylalanin 3.0 ± 0.04 3.8 ± 0.04 3.0 ± 0.55 2.4 ± 0.02
Lysine 15.2 ± 0.01 16.8 ± 0.01 17.5 ± 0.34 18.1 ± 0.06
Histidin 1.2 ± 0.09 2.0 ± 0.09 2.4 ± 0.01 2.4 ± 0.54
Arginine 1.2 ± 0.07 1.9 ± 0.07 1.9 ± 0.48 1.1 ± 0.12
Tryptophan 2.3 ± 0.05 1.2 ± 0.05 1.3 ± 0.05 1.3 ± 0.03
Essential amino acid (EAA) 54.7 ± 0.01 55.2 ± 0.01 55.9 ± 0.01
Flavour amino acids (FAA) 39.3 ± 0.01 38.7 ± 0.01 38.3 ± 0.01
Protein efficiency ratio(PER) 2.8 ± 0.06 2.8 ± 0.01 3.0 ± 0.01
Chemical score 0.87 0.97 1.05

Mean of 3 determinations ± standard deviation.