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Table 3 Amino acid content in the standardized breakfast

From: Serum concentrations of amino acids and tryptophan metabolites are affected by consumption of a light breakfast: a clinical intervention study in adults with overweight or obesity

 

g/breakfast serving

Essential amino acids

 Histidine

 < LOD

 Isoleucine

0.52

 Leucine

1.01

 Lysine

0.61

 Methionine

 < LOD

 Phenylalanine

0.66

 Threonine

 < LOD

 Tryptophan

 < LOD

 Valine

0.66

Non-essential amino acids

 Alanine

0.44

 Arginine

0.74

 Aspartate + Asparagine

0.92

 Cysteine + Cystine

 < LOD

 Glutamate + Glutamine

3.06

 Glycine

 < LOD

 Proline

1.84

 Serine

0.66

 Tyrosine

 < LOD

  1. Means of two measurements; deviations were < 5% between parallels. Level of detection (LOD) for amino acids is 0.10 g/100 g sample, corresponding to 0.44 g per breakfast serving
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BMC Nutrition

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