Table 2.
Amino acid composition (g 16 g−1 N) of the experimental diets determined as described.
| Experimental diet |
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|---|---|---|---|
| CTRL | TRP | MET | |
| Arginine | 7.74 | 7.11 | 7.02 |
| Histidine | 3.78 | 3.63 | 4.12 |
| Isoleucine | 5.05 | 4.64 | 4.71 |
| Leucine | 9.73 | 9.71 | 9.49 |
| Lysine | 6.66 | 6.96 | 6.68 |
| Methionine | 2.57 | 2.42 | 4.95 |
| Phenylalanine | 5.39 | 5.16 | 5.16 |
| Tyrosine | 4.04 | 3.96 | 3.98 |
| Threonine | 4.68 | 4.38 | 4.51 |
| Tryptophan | 1.12 | 2.24 | 1.10 |
| Valine | 5.38 | 5.10 | 5.12 |
| Aspartic acid | 8.20 | 7.54 | 7.60 |
| Glutamic acid | 16.39 | 16.14 | 16.09 |
| Serine | 4.15 | 4.42 | 4.29 |
| Glycine | 3.98 | 4.18 | 4.20 |
| Alanine | 4.89 | 4.92 | 4.97 |
| Proline | 4.99 | 5.50 | 4.84 |