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Table. 5 Protein contents and amino acid compositions of defatted flour, protein concentrate and isolate of Cirina butyrospermi expressed as g/100 g dry matter

From: Chemical composition, energy and nutritional values, digestibility and functional properties of defatted flour, protein concentrates and isolates from Carbula marginella (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) and Cirina butyrospermi (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)

Proteins/amino acids

Defatted flour

Protein concentrate

Protein isolate

Proteins

40.81 ± 0.20c

65.62 ± 1.54b

87.41 ± 0.24a

Histidine

0.96 ± 0.52a

1.56 ± 0.37a

1.56 ± 0.11a

Threonine

2.47 ± 0.19b

3.62 ± 0.94a

4.18 ± 0.98a

Valine

0.36 ± 0.03b

0.64 ± 0.1a

0.55 ± 0.28a

Methionine + cysteine

4.32 ± 0.33c

5.46 ± 0.41b

7.45 ± 0.56a

Isoleucine

3.10 ± 0.15b

5.34 ± 1.25a

6.51 ± 0.58a

Leucine

1.97 ± 0.18c

2.15 ± 0.36bc

4.24 ± 0.59a

Lysine

5.38 ± 0.01c

7.76 ± 0.10b

10.22 ± 0.00a

Phenylalanine + tyrosine

2.72 ± 0.00a

1.75 ± 073b

2.53 ± 0.35ab

Tryptophan

ND

ND

ND

Aspartic acid + asparagine

3.04 ± 0.00c

9.56 ± 0.00b

11.51 ± 1.24a

Glutamic acid + glutamine

4.38 ± 0.98c

7.43 ± 0.93b

10.81 ± 1.44a

Serine

3.73 ± 0.84b

3.35 ± 0.82b

6.05 ± 0.42a

Glycine

3.04 ± 1.48c

6.45 ± 1.6b

9.37 ± 0.66a

Alanine

2.95 ± 1.08b

7.42 ± 1.9a

7.14 ± 0.69a

Arginine

0.38 ± 0.05c

0.78 ± 0.17ab

1.08 ± 0.3a

Proline

2.17 ± 0.97b

2.40 ± 0.68b

4.15 ± 0.44a

Essential amino acids

21.29

28.26

37.23

Non-essential amino acids

19.68

37.39

50.12

  1. The same superscript letters in each row indicate no significant difference (p-value < 0.05) between the mean values