Table I.
Amino acid components of raw tea and insect tea.
| Content (mg per 100 g) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Amino acid | Raw tea | Insect tea |
| Aspartate | 0.329 | 0.315 |
| Threonine | 0.320 | 0.785 |
| Serine | 0.219 | 0.166 |
| Glutamate | 0.660 | 1.454 |
| Glycine | 0.227 | 0.146 |
| Alanine | 1.241 | 0.532 |
| Cysteine | 0.772 | 0.539 |
| Valine | 0.494 | 1.525 |
| Methionine | 0.407 | 0.000 |
| Isoleucine | 0.000 | 0.077 |
| Leucine | 0.244 | 0.123 |
| Tyrosine | 2.806 | 0.249 |
| Phenylalanine | 0.903 | 2.122 |
| Lysine | 0.534 | 0.550 |
| Histidine | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Arginine | 0.457 | 5.280 |
| Proline | 0.294 | 1.478 |
| Total amino acids | 33.414 | 34.159 |