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Table 2 Amino acid composition of the specific protein-enriched enteral formula

From: A specific protein-enriched enteral formula decreases cortisolemia and improves plasma albumin and amino acid concentrations in elderly patients

Amino acid

g/100 g protein

Alanine

4.02

Arginine

4.92

Aspartic Acid*

9.20

Cystine

1.05

Glutamic Acid*

22.68

Glycine

2.50

Histidine

2.52

Isoleucine

5.52

Leucine

9.67

Lysine

8.32

Methionine

2.47

Phenylalanine

4.87

Proline

9.09

Serine

5.27

Threonine

4.85

Tryptophan

1.32

Tyrosine

4.57

Valine

6.10

Branched-chain amino acids

21.29

Methionine + Cysteine

3.52

Phenylalanine + Tyrosine

9.44

  1. * These values include asparragine and glutamine, which are converted to aspartic and glutamic acid, respectively, during the protein hydrolysis carried out in the analytical procedure