Nutritional Freshwater Life
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Nutritional Facts
Proximate Composition (g/100 g DM)
Moisture Ash Protein Lipid CHO a Fiber
9.95
6.87 48.19 5.60 29.85 17.06
a Carbohydrate.
Minerals (mg/100 g)
Ca
Mg Zn Na
K Cu Fe
1425 851 293 101 1197 48 82
Vitamins
Retinol (µg/g) C (mg/g) E (mg/g)
132.15
0.39
27.87
Source: Data from Yusof et al. (2011).
Amino Acids (g/16 gN)
Isoleucine
3.8
Leucine
8.8
Valine
5.5
Lysine
8.4
Phenylalanine
5.0
Tyrosine
3.4
Methionine
2.2
Cysteine
1.4
Tryptophan
2.1
Threonine
4.8
Alanine
7.9
Arginine
6.4
Aspartic acid
9.0
Glutamic acid
11.6
Glycine
5.8
Histidine
2.0
Proline
4.8
Serine
4.1
Fatty Acids (% of Total Lipids)
12:0
0
14:0
0.9
14:1
2.0
15:0
1.6
16:0
20.4
16:1
5.8
16:2
1.7
17:0
2.5
18:0
15.3
18:1
6.6
18:2
1.5
20:2
1.5
20:3
20.8
Source: Data from Becker (1994).
Chlorella pyrenoidosa H. Chick 1903