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Q: Spirilina and Amino Acids ( Answered 5 out of 5 stars,   0 Comments )
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Subject: Spirilina and Amino Acids
Category: Health > Fitness and Nutrition
Asked by: mischon-ga
List Price: $5.00
Posted: 09 Mar 2003 07:30 PST
Expires: 08 Apr 2003 08:30 PDT
Question ID: 173783
How much of each of the essential amino acids is contained in one gram of Spirulina?
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Subject: Re: Spirilina and Amino Acids
Answered By: websearcher-ga on 09 Mar 2003 07:53 PST
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Hi mischon:

One gram of Spirulina contains the following amounts of essential
amino acids:

* 35 mg of Isoleucine
* 54 mg of Leucine
* 29 mg of Lysine
* 14 mg of Methionine 
* 28 mg of Phenylalaline
* 32 mg of Threonine 
*  9 mg of Tryptophan  
* 40 mg of Valine 
* 43 mg of Arginine 
* 10 mg of Histidine 

I found this information from 

Amino Acids
http://www.biospirulina.com/uk/valnutri/3_uk.htm

by dividing the amounts they gave per 100g by 100. 


I verified this information on:

Spirulina
http://www.parktonks.co.uk/ingredients/spirulin.htm

which also states that there are other amino acids (*non-essential*),
incuding:

* Tyrosine @ 30 mg
* Alanine @ 47-58 mg
* Proline @ 27-30 mg
* Serine @ 32-40 mg
* Glycine @ 35-52 mg
* Glutamic Acid @ 89-91 mg
* Cystine @ 5-7 mg
* Aspartic Acid @ 61-64 mg 


All this data can also be seen at 

Spirulina Analysis
http://www.earthrise.com/ERFarmAnalysis.html

though they disagree slightly on what are essential and non-essential
amino acids.


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mischon-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars
The researcher answered my question and added some information to it.
I liked that he indicated his(her) sources.

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