. 2019 Dec 18;19(6):23. doi: 10.1093/jisesa/iez124

Table 3.

Amino acid profile (% crude protein) of Calliphora vomitoria, Hermetia illucens pre-pupae, Acheta domesticus, and Ruspolia nitidula)

Amino acids	Amino acid content (g/100 g crude protein) of different insect species				P values	Leuven stat (P value)
	Hermetia illucens	Calliphora vomitoria	Acheta domesticus	Ruspolia nitidula
Essential
Lysine	3.88 ± 0.00^b	5.83 ± 0.00^a	5.78 ± 0.82^a	3.88 ± 0.37^b	0.001	0.095
Valine	3.19 ± 0.01^a	2.64 ± 0.00 ^ab	2.52 ± 0.35^b	3.19 ± 0.3 ^a	0.012	0.124
Methionine	26.26 ± 0.03^a	7.83 ± 0.00^b	7.83 ± 1.11^b	26.60 ± 2.57^a	<0.0001	0.096
Tyrosine	9.69 ± 0.01^a	9.69 ± 0.00^a	9.72 ± 1.38^a	0.20 ± 0.00^b	<0.0001	0.052
Isoleucine	19.01 ± 0.01^a	19.01 ± 0.01^a	19.23 ± 2.75^a	7.90 ± 0.76^b	<0.0001	0.079
Leucine	24.01 ± 0.03^a	22.03 ± 0.01^a	22.32 ± 3.19^a	24.07 ± 2.35^a	0.483	0.117
Phenylalanine	7.68 ± 0.00^a	3.61 ± 0.00^b	3.52 ± 0.59^b	7.68 ± 0.74^a	<0.0001	0.116
Nonessential
Arginine	5.61 ± 0.00^a	6.16 ± 0.00^a	6.12 ± 0.43^a	5.62 ± 0.54^a	0.152	0.116
Glutamine	6.04 ± 0.00^a	5.06 ± 0.00^a	4.99 ± 0.70^a	6.04 ± 0.58^a	0.031	0.117
Serine	3.53 ± 0.0 ^a	3.87 ± 0.00^a	3.78 ± 0.53^a	3.53 ± 0.33^a	0.468	0.113
Glutamic acid	4.61 ± 0.01^a	6.10 ± 0.00^b	6.05 ± 0.86^b	4.61 ± 0.44^a	0.006	0.103
Proline	7.04 ± 0.00^a	8.15 ± 0.00^a	8.15 ± 1.16^a	7.04 ± 0.68^a	0.114	0.106

Values are means ± SD (n = 3). Means with different superscripts in a row are significantly different (P < 0.05).