Table 3. Amino acid contents of crickets from different districts (Unit: g/100 g samples)

Amino acid	Districts1)
	YG	JS	WJ	HS	GC	CJ
	Essential amino acid (EAA)
Threonine	2.16	2.42	2.26	2.37	2.42	2.15
Valine	2.92	4.47	3.97	4.36	4.28	4.03
Isoleucine	1.98	2.37	2.28	2.32	2.52	2.06
Leucine	3.82	4.67	4.23	4.48	4.75	4.04
Phenylalanine	1.88	2.22	2.13	2.05	2.43	1.89
Lysine	3.14	3.63	3.52	3.69	3.83	3.18
Histidine	1.28	1.53	1.42	1.48	1.60	1.34
Methionine	0.83	0.99	0.92	0.97	0.97	0.89
Total EAA	18.01	22.30	20.73	21.72	22.80	19.58
Non-essential amino acid (NEAA)
Aspartic acid	4.15	5.65	4.91	5.03	5.67	4.63
Serine	2.34	3.42	2.91	2.98	3.39	2.67
Glutamic acid	6.30	6.75	6.16	6.74	6.91	6.00
Glycine	2.80	3.11	2.90	3.25	3.08	2.95
Alanine	5.00	5.40	4.96	5.48	5.13	5.11
Tyrosine	3.00	2.98	2.94	2.82	3.04	2.81
Arginine	3.49	3.98	3.77	3.95	4.02	3.53
Cystine	0.53	0.56	0.49	0.54	0.55	0.51
Proline	3.03	3.43	3.20	3.54	3.34	3.12
Total NEAA	30.64	35.28	32.24	34.33	35.13	31.33
TAA2)	48.65	57.58	52.97	56.05	57.93	50.91

YG, Yeong-gwang; JS, Jeong-seon; WJ, Won-ju; HS, Hwa-seong; GC, Geo-chang; CJ, Chung-ju.
TAA, total amino acid.