| Type of amino acids | Content of amino acids | |||
| 0 mg∙L−1 CdCl2 treatment | 0.5 mg∙L−1 CdCl2 treatment | 5 mg∙L−1 CdCl2 treatment | 10 mg∙L−1 CdCl2 treatment | |
| aspartic acid | 1.70 | 1.38 | 1.01 | 0.97 |
| threonine | 0.28 | 0.30 | 0.31 | 0.33 |
| serine | 0.29 | 0.31 | 0.35 | 0.33 |
| glutamic acid | 0.76 | 1.06 | 1.17 | 1.30 |
| proline | 0.39 | 0.63 | 0.25 | 0.78 |
| glycine | 0.26 | 0.31 | 0.34 | 0.33 |
| alanine | 0.29 | 0.33 | 0.36 | 0.34 |
| cysteine | 1.48 | 1.34 | 1.43 | 1.99 |
| valine | 0.87 | 0.85 | 0.80 | 1.05 |
| methionine | 1.34 | 1.07 | 1.20 | 1.57 |
| isoleuci | 0.72 | 0.70 | 0.71 | 0.88 |
| leucine | 0.81 | 0.85 | 0.88 | 1.09 |
| tyrosine | 0.26 | 0.24 | 0.27 | 0.27 |
| phenylalanine | 0.21 | 0.20 | 0.23 | 0.21 |
| histidine | 0.37 | 0.16 | 0.14 | 0.41 |
| lysine | 0.52 | 0.38 | 0.31 | 0.52 |
| arginine | 0.59 | 0.51 | 0.37 | 0.45 |
| essential amino acids | 4.75 | 4.35 | 4.44 | 5.65 |
| non-essential amino acids | 6.39 | 6.27 | 5.69 | 7.17 |
| Total amino acids | 11.14 | 10.62 | 10.13 | 12.82 |