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. 2022 Sep 26;12(10):1497. doi: 10.3390/life12101497

Table 2.

Amino acids in Arthrospira platensis, summarized from References [4,5,6,7,8,14].

Component Class Component Amount per 100 g Dry Weight
Nonessential amino acids Alanine 4.0–5.0 g
Arginine 3.0–5.0 g
Aspartic acid 1.5–5.9 g
Cystine 0.5–0.75 g
Glutamic acid 6.0–9.1 g
Glycine 2.0–4.0 g
Proline 2.0–3.0 g
Serine 2.7–4.5 g
Tyrosine 1.0–3.0 g
Essential amino acids Histidine 0.5–1.5 g
Isoleucine 3.0–4.0 g
Leucine 3.0–6.0 g
Lysine 2.9–6.0 g
Methionine 1.0–6.0 g
Phenylalanine 2.5–3.5 g
Threonine 1.5–3.0 g
Tryptophan 0.9–2.0 g
Valine 1.0–3.5 g
Non-proteinogenic amino acids Theanine 2.97–n.a. g