Table 2.

Amino Acid Composition of Experimental Diets

	Diets
Amino Acid	100% Soy	100% Whey	Blend 1	Blend 2
	g/100 g diet
Alanine	0.89	1.14	0.97	0.73
Arginine	1.54	0.44	0.80	0.75
Aspartic Acid	2.31	2.46	2.21	1.69
Cysteine	0.24	0.51	0.34	0.19
Glutamic Acid	3.88	3.91	4.14	3.72
Glycine	0.85	0.37	0.50	0.43
Histidine	0.54	0.38	0.49	0.48
Isoleucine	1.06	1.55	1.37	1.10
Lanthionine	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Leucine	1.70	2.44	2.20	1.81
Lysine	1.33	2.15	1.86	1.51
Methionine	0.53	0.74	0.70	0.66
Phenylalanine	1.10	0.69	0.91	0.87
Proline	1.06	1.31	1.50	1.51
Serine	0.86	0.84	0.78	0.72
Taurine	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
Threonine	0.74	1.49	1.10	0.83
Tryptophan	0.29	0.48	0.36	0.34
Tyrosine	0.65	0.52	0.66	0.68
Valine	1.10	1.37	1.38	1.20
Total	20.70	22.82	22.28	19.23
Total VCAA	3.86	5.36	4.95	4.11
Crude Protein	22.37	21.82	21.16	20.88
Moisture	5.85	5.14	5.35	5.35
Glutamine°	1.57	1.18	1.52	1.48
Leucine in 4 g meal	68.0 mg	97.6 mg	88.0 mg	72.4 mg

W/W%= grams per 100 grams of diet.

Results are expressed on an “as is” basis unless otherwise indicated.

BCAA=Branched chain amino acids (Leucine, Valine, and Isoleucine)

^°Glutamine calculated from glutamic acid before and after treatment with [I,Ibis(trifluoroacetoxy)iodo]benzene.

Crude protein=% N × 6.25.