From: Dietary requirements of synthesizable amino acids by animals: a paradigm shift in protein nutrition
Amino acid | Chicks1 | Pigs2 | Corn grain3 | Soybean meal4 | Sorghum grain5 | Meat & bone meal6 | ||
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mg AA/g protein | % of lysine | mg AA/g protein | % of lysine | g AA/100 g foodstuff | ||||
Alanine | 66.3 | 108 | 65.7 | 109 | 0.71 | 1.95 | 0.96 | 4.78 |
Arginine | 68.5 | 111 | 67.7 | 112 | 0.38 | 3.18 | 0.41 | 3.67 |
Asparagine | 36.5 | 59.3 | 36.0 | 59.7 | 0.35 | 2.10 | 0.31 | 2.21 |
Aspartate | 43.1 | 70.1 | 42.8 | 71.0 | 0.43 | 3.14 | 0.36 | 3.08 |
Cysteine | 15.0 | 24.4 | 13.2 | 21.9 | 0.20 | 0.70 | 0.19 | 0.49 |
Glutamine | 50.5 | 82.1 | 51.2 | 84.9 | 1.02 | 3.80 | 0.85 | 2.81 |
Glutamate | 82.9 | 135 | 84.6 | 140 | 0.64 | 4.17 | 1.18 | 4.05 |
Glycine | 115 | 187 | 117 | 19.4 | 0.40 | 2.30 | 0.39 | 8.67 |
Histidine | 21.1 | 34.3 | 20.8 | 34.5 | 0.23 | 1.13 | 0.23 | 1.19 |
Isoleucine | 35.9 | 58.4 | 35.3 | 58.5 | 0.34 | 2.03 | 0.38 | 1.92 |
Leucine | 69.2 | 113 | 68.3 | 113 | 1.13 | 3.44 | 1.21 | 3.56 |
Lysine | 61.5 | 100 | 60.3 | 100 | 0.25 | 2.80 | 0.21 | 3.13 |
Methionine | 18.9 | 30.7 | 18.7 | 31.0 | 0.21 | 0.60 | 0.20 | 1.10 |
Phenylalanine | 34.8 | 56.6 | 34.3 | 56.9 | 0.46 | 2.21 | 0.51 | 1.85 |
Proline | 85.3 | 139 | 86.1 | 143 | 1.06 | 2.40 | 0.96 | 5.86 |
OH-Proline | 34.8 | 56.6 | 37.9 | 62.9 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 2.88 |
Serine | 45.0 | 73.2 | 44.3 | 73.5 | 0.45 | 2.12 | 0.46 | 2.08 |
Threonine | 36.3 | 59.0 | 35.1 | 58.2 | 0.31 | 1.76 | 0.32 | 2.42 |
Tryptophan | 11.6 | 18.9 | 11.1 | 18.4 | 0.07 | 0.62 | 0.10 | 0.39 |
Tyrosine | 26.6 | 43.3 | 27.2 | 45.1 | 0.43 | 1.66 | 0.45 | 1.45 |
Valine | 41.8 | 68.0 | 42.2 | 70.0 | 0.44 | 2.09 | 0.50 | 2.23 |