Table 1.

Protein and amino acid contents of selected nuts (compiled from [10]).

Nut	Protein (g/100 g)	Amino Acids (g/100 g of Portion)
		Trp	Thr	Ile	Leu	Lys	Met	Cys	Phe	Tyr	Val	Arg	His	Ala	Asp	Glu	Gly	Pro	Ser
Almond	16.8–25.4	0.211	0.601	0.751	1.47	0.568	0.157	0.215	1.13	0.45	0.855	2.46	0.539	0.999	2.64	6.21	1.43	0.969	0.912
Cashew nut	17.5–19.0	0.287	0.688	0.789	1.47	0.928	0.362	0.393	0.951	0.508	1.09	2.12	0.456	0.837	1.80	4.51	0.937	0.812	1.08
Chestnut	1.63	0.018	0.058	0.064	0.096	0.096	0.038	0.052	0.069	0.045	0.091	0.116	0.045	0.109	0.028	0.021	0,084	0,086	0.081
Hazelnut	14.5–15.2	0.193	0.497	0.545	1.06	0.42	0.221	0.277	0.663	0.362	0.701	2.21	0.432	0.73	1.68	3.71	0.724	0.561	0.735
Macadamia nut	7.55–8.58	0.067	0.37	0.314	0.602	0.018	0.023	0.006	0.665	0.511	0.363	1.40	0.195	0.388	1.10	2.27	0.454	0.468	0.419
Peanut	25.8	0.25	0.883	0.907	1.67	0.926	0.317	0.331	1.38	1.05	1.08	3.08	0.652	1.02	3.15	5.39	1.55	1.14	1.27
Pecan nut	9.0–9.3	0.093	0.306	0.336	0.598	0.287	0.183	0.152	0.426	0.215	0.411	1.18	0.262	0.397	0.929	1.83	0.453	0.363	0.474
Pine nut	13.7	0.107	0.37	0.542	0.991	0.54	0.259	0.289	0.524	0.509	0.687	2.41	0.341	0.684	1.3	2.93	0.691	0.673	0.835
Pistachio	19.4–22.1	0.251	0.684	0.917	1.60	1.14	0.36	0.292	1.09	0.509	1.25	2.13	0.512	0.973	1.88	4.3	1.01	0.938	1.28
Walnut	14.4–16.0	0.17	0.596	0.625	1.17	0.424	0.236	0.208	0.711	0.406	0.753	2.28	0.391	0.696	1.83	2.82	0.816	0.706	0.934

Trp—Tryptophan, Thr—Threonine, Ile—Isoleucine, Leu—Leucine, Lys—Lysine, Met—Methionine, Cys—Cystine, Phe—Phenylalanine, Tyr—Tyrosine, Val—Valine, Arg—Arginine, His—Histidine, Ala—Alanine, Asp—Aspartic Acid, Glu—Glutamic Acid, Gly—Glycine, Pro—Proline, Ser—Serine.