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Table 3 Amino acid composition (g) for 100 g of pea protein or Whey protein

From: Pea proteins oral supplementation promotes muscle thickness gains during resistance training: a double-blind, randomized, Placebo-controlled clinical trial vs. Whey protein

 

Pea

Whey

Alanine

3.3

4.1

Arginine

6.6

2.1

Aspartic acid

8.9

8.7

Cystine

0.8

1.9

Glutamic acid

13.2

13.9

Glycine

3.1

1.5

Histidine

1.9

1.5

Isoleucine

3.7

4.9

Leucine

6.4

8.6

Lysine

5.7

7.2

Methionine

0.8

1.6

Phenylalanine

4.2

2.6

Proline

3.4

4.7

Serine

3.9

4.2

Threonine

2.8

5.7

Tryptophan

0.7

1.5

Tyrosine

3.1

2.8

Valine

4.0

4.6