Table 3. Amino acid content of Polyrhachis vicina and other insect species (dried samples)

Amino acids (g/100 g)	P. vicina1)	P. dives2)	Tenebrio molitor3)
Essential amino acids
Threonine (Thr)	2.26	2.47-2.48	1.62-1.89
Valine (Val)	3.43	3.35-3.60	2.01-2.53
Methionine (Met)	1.19	0.73-0.82	0.81-0.83
Isoleucine (Ile)	2.26	2.11-2.27	1.43-1.74
Leucine (Leu)	3.92	3.32-3.49	2.75-3.05
Lysine (Lys)	2.20	2.47-2.53	1.68-1.74
Phenylalanine (Phe)	1.76	1.56-1.57	1.94-2.13
Tryptophan (Trp)	1.12	ND4)	ND
Cysteine (Cys)	ND	ND	ND
Total essential amino acids (EAA)	18.50	16.11-16.66	12.30-13.85
Non essential amino acids
Aspartic acid (Asp)	5.05	4.25-4.30	2.58-3.21
Serine (Ser)	2.94	3.06-3.10	2.00-2.30
Glutamic acid (Glu)	7.45	6.99-7.08	3.15-3.95
Glycine (Gly)	5.69	6.02-6.73	2.34-2.50
Alanine (Ala)	4.54	4.55-5.03	2.05-2.17
Tyrosine (Tyr)	2.82	2.70-2.82	3.64-4.04
Arginine (Arg)	2.73	2.08-2.16	2.41-2.88
Proline (Pro)	2.83	3.26-3.55	2.46-2.60
Histidine (His)	3.39	4.08-4.43	1.47-1.73
Total non essential amino acids (Non EAA)	34.08	37.08-39.11	23.32-25.14
Total amino acids	52.58	53.19-55.77	35.62-38.99

Data from Shen et al. (2006).
Data from Xu et al. (2022).
Data from Oliveira et al. (2024).
ND, not detected.