Table 2.
Essential and non-essential amino acid (AA) content of the yellow mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) (g/100 g of protein) according to the previously published literature.
| Published Literature | Barroso, et al. [11] | Bovera, et al. [37] | Ghosh, et al. [39] | Khan, et al. [14] | Hussain, et al. [40] | Heidari-Parsa, et al. [41] | Hoffmann, et al. [42] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM stages | Larvae | Larvae | Larvae | Dried larvae | Dried larvae | Larvae | Dried larvae |
| Amino acid content | |||||||
| Essential AAs | |||||||
| Isoleucine | 5.87 | 2.63 | 1.98 | 4.6 | 4.51 | 1.83 | 1.99 |
| Leucine | 8.65 | 4.52 | 3.37 | 8.6 | 5.32 | 3.13 | 3.61 |
| Lysine | 6.03 | 1.68 | 2.01 | 5.4 | 4.51 | 2.50 | 2.53 |
| Methionine | 0.64 | 1.62 | ND | 1.5 | 1.34 | 0.52 | 0.70 |
| Phenylalanine | 4.29 | ND | 1.76 | 4.0 | 1.54 | 1.55 | 1.84 |
| Threonine | 4.49 | 2.71 | 1.83 | 4.0 | 1.64 | 1.70 | 1.87 |
| Histidine | 3.64 | 2.11 | 2.80 | 3.4 | 1.65 | 1.38 | 1.35 |
| Valine | 7.61 | 3.72 | 2.94 | 6.0 | 4.42 | 2.57 | 3.18 |
| Tryptophan | - | 1.75 | - | 0.6 | - | - | - |
| Cystine | - | 1.62 | 3.16 | 0.8 | 3.62 | - | - |
| Tyrosine | 4.18 | - | 3.45 | 7.4 | 2.32 | - | 3.00 |
| Non-essential AAs | |||||||
| Glycine | - | - | 2.61 | 4.9 | 2.65 | - | 2.53 |
| Proline | 7.17 | - | 1.6 | 6.8 | 2.34 | - | 2.99 |
| Arginine | 6.14 | 3.61 | 2.23 | 4.8 | 2.21 | 2.23 | 2.40 |
| Alanine | - | - | 3.96 | 7.3 | 4.34 | - | 3.99 |
| Serine | - | - | 2.20 | 7.0 | 3.45 | 2.23 | 2.18 |