Amino acids (% total AA)1

Algal species2

Expanded

uncertainty (%)3

Ap

Gv

Fl

Cc

Pp

Ds

Dc

Od

Pr

EAA:

Cystein5+Cystine

3.2

2.4

3.7

3.4

3.5

2.4

2.6

3.0

2.5

±9.0

Histidine4 (His)

1.0

1.5

1.4

2.1

1.8

1.5

1.6

1.6

1.7

±13.7

Lysine (Lys)

6.6

5.6

4.9

6.3

7.0

5.5

5.6

6.9

6.2

±5.3

Threonine (Thr)

4.4

5.6

4.7

4.8

4.4

4.9

4.7

5.2

5.0

±5.5

Tyrosine5 (Tyr)

4.6

2.4

0.7

2.4

0.9

2.9

0.6

1.3

2.5

±10.8

Valine (Val)

5.8

5.6

5.7

5.4

6.1

5.0

4.8

5.6

5.8

±6.4

Isoleucine (Ile)

3.5

4.3

3.8

3.9

3.8

3.9

3.6

4.4

4.2

±8.3

Leucine (Leu)

5.4

7.6

6.1

6.6

6.5

6.0

6.4

6.4

6.6

±7.4

Methionine (Met)

1.4

2.1

1.4

1.8

2.1

1.7

1.6

1.7

1.8

±7.7

Phenylalanine (Phe)

3.7

4.9

5.9

5.2

4.5

4.1

4.5

5.1

4.6

±5.5

Tryptophan (Trp)

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

-

EAA (% total AA)

39.6

41.8

38.3

41.9

40.3

37.9

36.2

41.1

41.0

-

Total EAA (mg/g protein)

268.0

307.7

251.4

291.4

349.8

299.3

287.1

408.6

313.3

-

Non-EAA:

Arginine (Arg)

15.4

8.3

16.2

9.0

6.1

6.6

13.5

6.1

6.9

±6.0

Aspartic acid (Asp)

10.5

11.4

9.3

11.2

13.3

10.6

15.4

11.4

11.8

±5.2

Glutamic acid (Glu)

9.4

12.4

10.7

11.7

16.0

14.4

10.8

10.4

11.4

±4.5

Serine (Ser)

5.1

6.2

5.6

5.7

5.5

5.2

5.9

5.7

5.6

±5.8

Glycine (Gly)

6.5

6.2

6.1

6.7

6.3

6.1

4.7

5.7

7.2

±6.2

Ornithine (Orn)

2.0

1.2

1.6

1.2

<0.09

0.1

0.5

<0.06

0.1

±5.9

Alanine (Ala)

5.5

6.9

5.7

6.7

7.5

6.3

7.7

5.9

7.8

±5.2

Proline (Pro)

6.0

5.4

6.5

5.8

4.7

12.7

5.3

13.6

8.2

±8.4

Total AA (% protein)

67.6

73.6

65.7

69.5

86.7

79.0

79.4

99.4

76.3

-

EAA/non-EAA

0.7

0.7

0.6

0.7

0.7

0.6

0.6

0.7

0.7

-

AA score (%)5

Lys-Met+Cys

227

229

213

249

335

229

233

247

243

-

Lys-Met+Cys-Trp-Thr

348

344

306

361

434

348

315

344

359

-

EAAI3

90

100

85

100

100

100

91

100

100

-