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. 2014 Jan 21;9(1):e84533. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084533

Table 2. Analyzed AA composition of the experimental diets (%, as-fed basis).

Item Treatment
BD* HF* BDM* HFM*
Indispensable AAs
Arginine (Arg) 1.25 1.00 1.01 1.01
Histidine (His) 1.28 1.32 1.06 1.04
Isoleucine (Ile) 0.80 0.63 0.61 0.65
Leucine (Leu) 1.82 1.70 1.49 1.56
Lysine (Lys) 0.73 0.60 0.56 0.55
Phenylalanine (Phe) 0.83 0.88 0.77 0.84
Threonine (Thr) 1.17 1.01 0.78 0.82
Tyrosine (Tyr) 0.49 0.54 0.52 0.54
Valine (Val) 0.96 0.84 0.76 0.75
Dispensable AAs
Alanine (Ala) 2.26 1.90 0.82 0.91
Aspartate (Asp) 1.24 1.31 1.03 1.17
Glutamate(Glu) 2.53 2.55 3.61 4.09
Glycine (Gly) 0.77 0.88 0.73 0.83
Proline (Pro) 3.63 3.69 3.30 3.81
Serine (Ser) 1.16 1.27 0.88 0.98
*

Abbreviations: BD, Basal diet; HF, High fat diet; BDM, Basal diet +3% monosodium L-glutamate; HFM, High fat diet +3% monosodium L-glutamate.