Table 1 |
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| Amino acid composition of sericin | |
| Amino acid | Amount (%) |
| Serine (Ser) | 33.63 |
| Aspartic acid (Asp) | 15.64 |
| Glycine (Gly) | 15.03 |
| Threonine (Thr) | 8.16 |
| Glutamic acid (Glu) | 4.61 |
| Alanine (Ala) | 4.10 |
| Tyrosine (Tyr) | 3.45 |
| Methionine (Met) | 3.39 |
| Valine (Val) | 2.88 |
| Arginine (Arg) | 2.87 |
| Lysine (Lys) | 2.35 |
| Histidine (His) | 1.06 |
| Leucine (Leu) | 1.00 |
| Isoleucine (Ile) | 0.56 |
| Proline (Pro) | 0.54 |
| Cysteine (Cys) | 0.44 |
| Phenylalanine (Phe) | 0.28 |
These mean values were obtained by triplicate analysis.
Aramwit et al. BMC Nephrology 2012 13:119 doi:10.1186/1471-2369-13-119
