Amino Acid Compositions of 27 Food Fishes and Their Importance in Clinical Nutrition

Table 2

Fish species rich in different amino acids. Fish species rich in specific amino acids among the species studied are listed (ref. Table 1).

Amino acids	Species rich in particular amino acid
Essential amino acids
Arg^c	Oncorhynchus mykiss, Tor putitora, Neolissochilus hexagonolepis
His	Rastrelliger kanagurta, Catla catla, Stolephorus waitei, Amblypharyngodon mola, Puntius sophore
Iso	Oncorhynchus mykiss, Labeo rohita, Stolephorus commersonii
Leu^c	Stolephorus waitei, Rastrelliger kanagurta, Labeo rohita
Lys	Stolephorus commersonii, Thunnus albacores, Tor putitora
Met^c	Stolephorus waitei, Tor putitora, Rastrelliger kanagurta
Phe	Cirrhinus mrigala, Catla catla, Labeo rohita
Thr	Thunnus albacores, Nemipterus japonicus, Stolephorus waitei, Stolephorus commersonii
Tyr^c	Oncorhynchus mykiss, Tor putitora
Val	Nemipterus japonicas, Cirrhinus mrigala, Rastrelliger kanagurta
Trp^c	Tor putitora
Glu^ac	Cirrhinus mrigala, Catla catla, Labeo rohita
Gly^ac	Cirrhinus mrigala, Catla catla, Labeo rohita
Pro^ac	Oncorhynchus mykiss, Tor putitora
Nonessential amino acids
Ala	Nemipterus japonicus, Labeo rohita, Catla catla
Asp	Stolephorus commersonii, Heteropneustes fossilis, Clarias batrachus
Ser	Stolephorus commersonii, Nemipterus japonicas, Thunnus albacares

Conditionally essential amino acids; ^cfunctional amino acids as per human nutrition.