|
Amino Acid
|
Wheat Diet
|
Soy Dietg/kg diet
|
Egg Diet
|
Whey Diet
|
NRC Requirement
|
|---|
|
Phenyalanine + Tyrosine
|
11.5
|
17.0
|
16.8
|
10.7
|
1.9
|
|
Histidine
|
3.1
|
4.2
|
3.9
|
3.4
|
0.8
|
|
Isoleucine
|
5.1
|
8.1
|
9.0
|
10.5
|
3.1
|
|
Leucine
|
11.5
|
13.6
|
14.9
|
18.5
|
1.8
|
|
Lysine3
|
4.7(+10.1)
|
10.7
|
11.0
|
15.4
|
1.1
|
|
Methionine + Cysteine
|
6.5
|
4.4
|
13.9
|
7.6
|
2.3
|
|
Threonine
|
4.4
|
6.5
|
7.6
|
10.9
|
1.8
|
|
Tryptophan
|
2.2
|
2.0
|
2.7
|
2.7
|
0.5
|
|
Valine
|
7.6
|
8.0
|
11.5
|
10.2
|
2.3
|
- 1Table 2–2 from Nutrient Requirements of Laboratory Animals Fourth Revised Edition [11].
- 2Values calculated for 300 g rat at maintenance.
- 3Vital Wheat Gluten supplemented with 10.6 g L-lysine/kg diet to match Whey Protein Isolate.
