Table 1.

Amino acid content in proteins found in bee pollen

Amino acid type	Amino acid	% (w/w)*
Hydrophilic	Arginine (Arg)	1.32 ± 0.054
	Aspartic acid (Asp)	2.72 ± 0.078
	Glutamic acid (Gln)	2.26 ± 0.048
	Histidine (His)	0.65 ± 0.003
	Lysine (Lys)	1.67 ± 0.059
	Serine (Ser)	1.23 ± 0.004
	Threonine (Thr)	1.02 ± 0.008
Hydrophobic	Alanine (Ala)	1.27 ± 0.074
	Cysteine (Cys)	0.50 ± 0.018
	Glycine (Gly)	0.91 ± 0.049
	Isoleucine (Ile)	0.88 ± 0.008
	Leucine (Leu)	1.76 ± 0.025
	Methionine (Met)	0.39 ± 0.053
	Phenylalanine (Phe)	0.98 ± 0.095
	Proline (Pro)	2.28 ± 0.089
	Tryptophan (Trp)	0.23 ± 0.048
	Tyrosine (Tyr)	0.84 ± 0.061
	Valine (Val)	1.11 ± 0.043
Total		22.02 ± 0.084

^*The data shown take the form of mean ± S.D. from experiments conducted in triplicate