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. 2019 Aug 19;24(16):2998. doi: 10.3390/molecules24162998

Table 1.

Amino acids composition of tilapia scale, residue, tilapia scale protein powder, and gelatin hydrolysates (results are expressed as residues/1000 total residues).

Amino Acids Tilapia Scale Residue Tilapia Scale
Protein Powder
Gelatin
Hydrolysate
Aspartic acid/asparagine 50.8 ± 0.6 b 60.9 ± 0.5 a 47.6 ± 0.6 c 47.9 ± 1.1 c
Glutamic acid/glutamine 84.5 ± 0.5 b 102.9 ± 0.7 a 81.4 ± 0.4 b 82.3 ± 0.6 b
Serine 28.7 ± 0.7 b 37.9 ± 0.4 a 29.8 ± 0.7 b 29.5 ± 0.5 b
Histidine 9.4 ± 0.1 b 22.6 ± 0.4 a 6.7 ± 0.2 c 8.8 ± 0.7 b
Glycine 358.3 ± 0.3 b 315.2 ± 0.9 c 372.7 ± 1.7 a 362.9 ± 1.4 b
Threonine 27.0 ± 0.5 b 37.4 ± 0.7 a 24.4 ± 0.8 b 25.8 ± 0.3 b
Arginine 53.0 ± 0.5 a 48.0 ± 0.4 b 53.6 ± 0.4 a 51.6 ± 1.1 a
Alanine 125.0 ± 0.8 a 101.7 ± 0.6 b 129.1 ± 0.9 a 124.6 ± 0.6 a
Tyrosine 4.4 ± 0.1 b 12.5 ± 0.2 a 2.6 ± 1.4 b 4.3 ± 0.4 b
Valine 27.1 ± 0.2 b 46.7 ± 0.5 a 23.5 ± 0.6 b 26.4 ± 0.7 b
Methionine 7.4 ± 0.4 a 0.1 ± 0.0 b 8.9 ± 0.3 a 10.3 ± 0.4 a
Phenylalanine 15.9 ± 0.3 b 21.3 ± 0.4 a 14.9 ± 0.5 b 15.5 ± 0.7 b
Isoleucine 14.7 ± 0.2 b 26.2 ± 0.5 a 12.5 ± 0.6 b 14.3 ± 0.5 b
Leucine 27.4 ± 0.4 b 41.7 ± 0.6 a 24.8 ± 0.7 b 26.5 ± 0.9 b
Lysine 26.4 ±0.7 a 23.5 ± 0.2 b 28.2 ± 0.7 a 27.3 ± 0.5 a
Proline 140.1 ± 0.3 a 101.7 ± 0.6 b 139.3 ± 0.9 a 142.1 ± 1.1 a
Hydroxyproline 71.5 ± 0.8 a 38.1 ± 0.9 b 68.9 ± 1.3 a 70.1 ± 0.9 a
Total 1000 1000 1000 1000

Values with different letters within the same row differ significantly (p < 0.05).