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Table 2 Amino acid profile of the study materials

From: The effects of 8 weeks of whey or rice protein supplementation on body composition and exercise performance

Amino acid [mg/g of protein]

Whey protein isolate

Rice protein isolate

Alanine

54

54

Arginine

23

77

Aspartic Acid

118

87

Cystine

25

21

Glutamic Acid

191

174

Glycine

19

43

Histidine

18

22

Isoleucine

70

41

Leucine

115

80

Lysine

101

31

Methionine

23

28

Phenylalanine

33

53

Proline

64

45

Serine

52

49

Threonine

76

35

Tryptophan

22

14

Tyrosine

31

47

Valine

64

58