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Table 4.2
(Continued)
Amino acid
Structure
Typical wt% (dry) of amino
acid in agricultural waste
Glycine (Gly)
O
0.2-2.5% (cassava leaves,
7.1% available in poultry
feather meal)
NH
2
HO
Histidine
(His)
O
0.1-1.4% (jatropha seed
meal)
N
HO
NH
2
H
Isoleucine
(Ile)
0.1-2.7% (soybean meal)
O
HO
NH
2
Leucine (Leu)
0.2-5.0% (sorghum
DDGS)
O
HO
NH
2
Lysine (Lys)
0.2-3.4% (soybean meal)
O
NH
2
HO
NH
2
Methionine
(Met)
0.1-1.4% (sugarbeet
vinasse)
O
S
HO
NH
2
Phenylalanine
(Phe)
0.1-2.6% (cassava leaves
and soy bean meal)
O
HO
NH
2
O
Proline (Pro)
0-3.7% (wheat DDGS)
H
HO
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