(mg/100 g-dry weight)

Amino acid		Drying methods1)
		SD	HD	FD	ID
Essential amino acid	Isoleucine	47.65±2.62	58.38±0.59	43.09±1.08	64.78±1.05
	Leucine	62.57±1.33	49.64±1.52	45.73±0.15	64.21±1.65
	Lysine	72.75±1.58	51.63±2.11	44.42±0.89	63.72±2.25
	Methionine	11.90±2.13	6.14±0.21	20.88±1.90	3.74±0.08
	Phenylalanine	70.80±2.63	69.28±1.38	67.37±2.58	76.26±1.52
	Threonine	52.81±3.01	81.29±2.96	45.03±2.35	101.31±2.89
	Tryptophan	77.78±0.17	52.76±2.52	98.75±1.52	55.88±0.82
	Valine	7.41±1.11	68.49±0.52	69.74±0.99	85.43±3.02
Total essential amino acid		403.68±2.51	437.60±3.74	435.0±2.12	515.34±1.58
Non-essential amino acid	Alanine	57.28±4.20	43.92±1.05	140.74±1.20	69.37±1.05
	Arginine	296.42±2.01	361.9±2.11	279.31±1.85	343.89±2.95
	Aspartic acid	60.75±2.62	33.42±1.01	92.56±1.25	42.56±3.56
	Glutamic acid	110.59±3.22	4.44±0.51	45.88±2.56	6.92±0.58
	Glycine	17.44±1.50	7.54±0.28	26.42±3.12	12.74±1.11
	Histidine	46.69±0.52	57.72±0.72	52.98±0.95	57.79±2.02
	Serine	38.16±2.10	25.57±1.55	69.40±5162	39.39±2.89
	Tyrosine	52.36±1.62	35.58±1.56	69.57±1.25	35.84±3.25
Total non-essential amino acid		679.69±1.85	570.18±2.10	776.86±0.35	608.50±1.85
Total amino acids (g/100 g-dry weight)		1,088.37±2.89	1,007.78±1.85	1,211.88±2.78	1,123.84±1.96

¹⁾SD, sun drying; HD, hot-air drying; FD, freeze drying; ID, infrared drying.