Biochemical Composition of Speckled prawn (Metapenaeus monoceros)



Amino Acid Composition


(All values given are g per 100g of edible portion)

Aspartic acid 8.15
Threonine 3.94
Serine 3.28
Glutamic acid 13.09
Proline 5.95
Glycine 6.09
Alanine 1.24
Valine 1.96
Cystine 1.85
Methionine 1.62
Isoleucine 2.04
Leucine 4.52
Tyrosine 2.15
Phenyl alanine 3.20
Histidine 2.00
Lysine 11.71
Arginine 6.00
Tryptophan 0.00


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