Table 1.

Amino acid content of the lyophilised Spirulina aqueous extract.

Amino acid	% w/w	µmol/g extract
Asp	3.30 ± 0.04	287.17 ± 3.59
Thr	1.86 ± 0.02	161.54 ± 1.45
Ser	1.93 ± 0.02	167.83 ± 1.81
Glu	7.16 ± 0.11	622.12 ± 9.17
Pro	1.57 ± 0.02	136.36 ± 1.73
Gly	1.54 ± 0.02	134.09 ± 2.15
Ala	3.46 ± 0.05	300.51 ± 4.72
Cys	0.31 ± 0.00	26.70 ± 0.14
Val	1.79 ± 0.04	155.32 ± 3.13
Met	0.74 ± 0.01	64.64 ± 1.06
Ile	1.56 ± 0.03	135.79 ± 2.45
Leu	2.91 ± 0.07	252.66 ± 5.65
Tyr	0.70 ± 0.01	60.62 ± 1.02
Phe	1.81 ± 0.04	157.16 ± 3.14
His	0.38 ± 0.01	33,29 ± 0.58
Lys	1.68 ± 0.03	145.63 ± 3.03
Arg	1.66 ± 0.02	144.40 ± 2.17
Total	34.36 ± 0.54	2985.83 ± 46.98