Table 2 Amino acid (AA) concentration (% of protein) of HI larvae meal and experimental diets
Items | HI larvae meal | HI0 | HI25 | HI50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Essential AA | ||||
 Arginine | 3.9 | 6.3 | 5.7 | 5.0 |
 Histidine | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
 Isoleucine | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.7 |
 Leucine | 5.2 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 6.2 |
 Lysine | 3.8 | 7.4 | 6.5 | 5.6 |
 Methionine | 2.1 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
 Cysteine | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
 Phenylalanine | 3.0 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
 Tyrosine | 4.8 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
 Threonine | 3.1 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
 Valine | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 |
Non essential AA | ||||
 Alanine | 6.2 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.2 |
 Aspartic acid | 6.7 | 9.0 | 8.5 | 7.8 |
 Glycine | 4.2 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 2.6 |
 Glutamic acid | 8.8 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 8.0 |
 Proline | 5.5 | 12.4 | 10.6 | 9.0 |
 Serine | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.9 |