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Table 2 Concentrations of amino acids and total lipid fatty acid composition in the experimental diets

From: Comprehensive evaluation of the metabolic effects of insect meal from Tenebrio molitor L. in growing pigs by transcriptomics, metabolomics and lipidomics

 

CON

IM5

IM10

Amino acids, g/kg FM

 Alanine

6.7

7.8

8.4

 Arginine

10.8

10.3

9.8

 Aspartic acid

12.6

12.4

11.3

 Cysteine

4.8

5.0

5.0

 Glutamic acid

40.0

39.7

35.9

 Glycine

7.0

7.4

7.6

 Histidine

5.0

5.2

5.3

 Isoleucine

7.4

7.7

7.6

 Leucine

12.1

12.6

12.4

 Lysine

11.8

13.6

13.4

 Methionine

2.6

2.7

2.7

 Phenylalanine

7.9

7.9

7.3

 Proline

10.5

11.6

12.1

 Serine

6.8

6.9

6.7

 Taurine

3.2

3.2

3.2

 Threonine

6.8

8.0

7.6

 Tryptophan

2.5

2.5

2.6

 Tyrosine

5.5

6.4

6.7

 Valine

8.6

9.3

9.8

Fatty acids1, g/100 g total FAME

 12:0

0.3

0.3

0.6

 14:0

0.6

0.5

0.7

 16:0

14.6

16.0

16.7

 16:1n-9

–

0.3

0.8

 18:0

5.0

4.7

5.0

 18:1n-9

27.3

25.7

25.2

 18:2n-6

48.2

48.3

47.3

 18:3n-3

3.6

3.8

3.4

 20:0

0.3

0.3

0.3

  1. 1Only fatty acids with concentrations ≥0.1 g/100 g total fatty acids are shown
  2. Abbreviations: CON control group; FAME fatty acid methyl esters; FM fresh matter; IM5 insect meal 5% group; IM10 insect meal 10% group