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. 2023 Feb 18;12(2):519. doi: 10.3390/antiox12020519

Table 2.

Quantification of metabolites obtained with the large-scale production, with specific regard to the free aminoacidic composition. Different quantification units are displayed for an easy comparison with other similar reports.

Compound/Specie Code Name Concentration in 1.6 L Solution (mM) Relative % in Weight for FAAs Relative % of FAA Particles W/W of Raw Larvae (mg/g) W/W of Dry Matter (mg/g) Total Millimoles in the 1.6 L Solution
Leucine LEU 32.8 ± 0.5 8.0 7.2 7.1 16.8 52.6
Isoleucine ILE 35.6 ± 0.6 8.7 7.8 7.7 18.2 56.9
Valine VAL 43.1 ± 0.8 9.4 9.4 8.3 19.7 68.9
Threonine THR 21.7 ± 0.7 4.8 4.7 4.2 10.1 34.6
Lactate LAC 23.6 ± 0.5 3.9 5.2 3.5 8.3 37.7
Alanine ALA 80.7 ± 0.8 13.4 17.7 11.8 28.0 129.2
Proline PRO 36.4 ± 0.3 7.8 8.0 6.9 16.3 58.2
Glutamate GLU 47.1 ± 1.0 12.9 10.3 11.4 27.0 75.4
Methionine MET 12.4 ± 0.3 3.4 2.7 3.0 7.2 19.9
Aspartate ASP 0.7 ± 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 1.1
Serine SER 12.0 ± 0.4 2.3 2.6 2.1 4.9 19.1
Phenylalanine PHE 18.0 ± 0.6 5.5 3.9 4.9 11.6 28.8
Tryptophan TRP 8.1 ± 0.2 3.1 1.8 2.7 6.5 13.0
Tyrosine TYR 15.9 ± 0.8 5.4 3.5 4.7 11.2 25.4
Glycine GLY 40.6 ± 0.5 5.7 8.9 5.0 11.9 65.0
4-aminobutytrate GABA 28.6 ± 0.7 5.5 6.2 4.8 11.5 45.7
Ethanol EtOH 28.3 ± 0.5 - - 2.1 5.1 45.2
Propanediol PRDO 10.7 ± 0.4 - - 1.3 3.2 17.1
Acetate AcO 92.3 ± 1.5 - - 9.1 21.6 147.7
Succinate SUC 55.8 ± 1.5 - - 10.8 25.7 89.3
3-Hydroxypropanoate 3-HPRO 11.8 ± 0.3 - - 1.8 4.2 18.9
Dimethylamine DMA 0.5 ± 0.2 - - 0.0 0.1 0.8
Trimethylamine TMA 3.9 ± 0.5 - - 0.4 0.9 6.3
Ethanolamine ETN 12.1 ± 1.8 - - 1.2 2.9 19.4
Choline CHO 5.6 ± 0.6 - - 1.0 2.3 8.9
Betaine BETA 24.9 ± 1.0 - - 4.8 11.4 39.9
Glycerol GLYOH 28.5 ± 1.4 - - 4.3 10.2 45.5
Uracil URA 4.1 ± 0.5 - - 0.7 1.8 6.5
Tyramine TYM 14.9 ± 1.0 - - 3.4 8.0 23.9
Formate FOR 27.8 ± 1.0 - - 2.1 4.9 44.5
Total TOT 778.5 ± 6.2 - - 131.3 311.6 1245.5
Total aminoacidic
composition
TOT FAAs 457.3 ± 1.8 100.0 100.0 88.3 209.5 731.5