Table 2.
Effect of US time on the amino acid profiles and protein quality of TMLP which received from US-assisted alkaline extraction.
| Unit (g/100 g protein) | Control | US-10 | US-20 | US-30 | US-40 | US-50 | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essential amino acids (EAA) | |||||||
| Histidine (His) | 1.81 | 1.77 | 1.84 | 1.91 | 1.90 | 1.85 | 1.5 |
| Isoleucine (Ile) | 3.75 | 3.77 | 3.70 | 3.98 | 3.92 | 3.78 | 3.0 |
| Leucine (Leu) | 6.33 | 6.29 | 6.38 | 6.70 | 6.52 | 6.32 | 5.9 |
| Lysine (Lys) | 4.48 | 4.44 | 4.65 | 4.76 | 4.63 | 4.55 | 4.5 |
| Methionine + Cysteine (Met + Cys) | 2.06 | 2.03 | 1.92 | 2.12 | 2.04 | 2.13 | 2.2 |
| Phenyl-alanine + Tyrosine (Phe + Tyr) | 7.29 | 7.00 | 7.15 | 7.25 | 7.20 | 7.15 | 3.8 |
| Threonine (Thr) | 3.29 | 3.37 | 3.35 | 3.61 | 3.49 | 3.34 | 2.3 |
| Valine (Val) | 3.75 | 3.81 | 3.66 | 4.02 | 3.91 | 3.79 | 3.9 |
|
Sum of EAA Non-essential amino acids |
32.76 | 32.48 | 32.65 | 34.35 | 33.61 | 32.91 | 27.1 |
| Alanine (Ala) | 3.47 | 3.52 | 3.49 | 3.65 | 3.50 | 3.35 | |
| Arginine (Arg) | 3.84 | 3.89 | 4.09 | 4.18 | 4.04 | 3.98 | |
| Aspartic acid (Asp) | 6.96 | 7.09 | 7.24 | 7.69 | 7.46 | 7.26 | |
| Glutamic acid (Glu) | 9.04 | 9.08 | 9.77 | 9.97 | 9.32 | 9.18 | |
| Glycine (Gly) | 2.96 | 3.01 | 2.87 | 3.08 | 3.03 | 2.97 | |
| Proline (Pro) | 2.96 | 3.04 | 3.39 | 3.46 | 3.27 | 3.31 | |
| Serine (Ser) | 2.92 | 2.96 | 2.97 | 3.18 | 3.06 | 2.98 | |
| Sum of total AA | 64.91 | 65.07 | 66.47 | 69.56 | 67.29 | 65.94 | |
| EAAI | 1.87 | 1.86 | 1.88 | 1.89 | 1.88 | 1.87 |
Reference from FAO/WHO/UNU (1985).