| Essential Amino Acids | (minimum adult daily requirement) | Non-essential Amino Acids |
| histidine | 8-10mg/kg | alanine |
| isoleucine | 23mg/kg | |
| leucine | 30-40mg/kg | asparagine |
| 30mg/kg | aspartic acid | |
| methionine | 13mg/kg | |
| phenylalanine | 39mg/kg | |
| threonine | 15mg/kg | |
| tryptophan | 6mg/kg | |
| valine | 20mg/kg | |
| glutamine | ||
| tyrosine | ||
| Non-protein amino acid : ornithine | ||
| Non-protein amino acid : taurine |