Table 5.
Diets’ essential amino acids content as a percentage of PD-Ctrl diet’s amino acids profile. Part of the sulfuric amino acid methionine can be replaced by cysteine, and part of the aromatic amino acid phenylalanine can be replaced by tyrosine. The most limiting amino acid in every diet is underlined.
| PD-Ctrl Diet | PD-Soy Diet | PD-Spl Diet | PD-CP/I Diet | PD-CP/F Diet | PD-Fly Diet | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Histidine | 100% | 94% | 67% | 103% | 190% | 109% |
| Isoleucine | 100% | 87% | 109% | 104% | 113% | 120% |
| Leucine | 100% | 84% | 84% | 94% | 108% | 98% |
| Lysine | 100% | 81% | 54% | 89% | 123% | 92% |
| Methionine + Cysteine | 100% | 43% | 62% | 46% | 73% | 60% |
| Phenylalanine + Tyrosine | 100% | 82% | 76% | 94% | 181% | 122% |
| Threonine | 100% | 92% | 111% | 86% | 119% | 124% |
| Valine | 100% | 65% | 77% | 79% | 89% | 97% |
| Tryptophan | 100% | 96% | 128% | 75% | 67% | 148% |