Research Article

Amino Acid Metabolism in Gilthead Seabream Is Affected by the Dietary Protein to Energy Ratios

Table 2

Amino acid composition of experimental diets.

Amino acids (mg AA g-1 as fed)LowP/EHighP/E

Arginine45.142.7
Histidine12.812.0
Lysine43.041.1
Threonine21.720.5
Isoleucine24.123.2
Leucine41.439.7
Valine24.223.2
Methionine13.012.2
Phenylalanine27.726.7
Cystine3.13.0
Tyrosine23.122.0
Aspartic acid + asparagine54.652.4
Glutamic acid + glutamine104.5100.0
Alanine26.324.9
Glycine29.028.0
Proline32.230.6
Serine26.425.2

All values are reported as mean of duplicate analysis.