Safety Assessment of Water-Extract Sericin from Silkworm (Bombyx mori) Cocoons Using Different Model Approaches

Table 1

Amino acid contents of water-extract sericin.

Amino acids	Contents (% w/w)
Aspartic acid (Asp)	16.5
Threonine (Thr)	9.8
Serine (Ser)	26.0
Glutamate (Glu)	5.0
Proline (Pro)	1.5
Glycine (Gly)	9.1
Alanine (Ala)	3.6
Cysteine (Cys)	0.3
Valine (Val)	4.2
Methionine (Met)	1.2
Isoleucine (Ile)	1.9
Leucine (Leu)	2.8
Tyrosine (Tyr)	6.3
Phenylalanine (Phe)	1.7
Lysine (Lys)	3.6
Histidine (His)	1.4
Arginine (Arg)	5.0
Total	100.0