Table 2.
Amino acids content of the chickpeas varieties.
| Type of amino acid | Content of amino acid (g/100 g) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (12) | (35) | (3) | (1) | (9) | (36) | (22) | |||
| E, A.A | Desi | Kabuli | Desi | Kabuli | 6 varieties of chickpea (flour) | 16 varieties of chickpea | Raw chickpea (g/16 g N) | Raw chickpea (g/16 g N) | |
| Isoleucine | 0.36 | – | – | 3.70 | 3.90 | 0.86–0.99 | 4.04–5.82 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| Leucine | 0.48 | 4.24 | 2.48 | 6.30 | 6.69 | 0.57–1.81 | 7.15–8.62 | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| Lysine | 0.91 | 7.25 | 7.63 | 5.55 | 5.47 | 0.72–1.71 | 5.53–9.92 | 7.4 | 7.7 |
| Methionine | 0.12 | 1.41 | 1.14 | 2.05 | 1.92 | 0.13–0.16 | 0.27–1.14 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| Phenylalanine | 0.42 | 5.84 | 4.53 | 5.42 | 5.81 | 1.25–1.45 | 5.18–9.15 | 5.9 | 5.9 |
| Threonine | 0.06 | 4.02 | 4.02 | 3.23 | 3.13 | 0.53–0.72 | 3.38–4.44 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| Tryptophan | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Valine | 0.38 | 4.69 | 3.20 | 3.60 | 3.83 | 0.88–1.04 | 3.97–7.98 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| Cystine | – | – | – | 0.15 | 0.19 | 0.14–0.16 | 1.3 | 1.33 | |
| Tyrosine | 0.19 | 2.87 | 6.93 | 2.55 | 2.63 | 0.51–0.60 | 1.87–4.75 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| N.A.A | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Alanine | 0.26 | 4.11 | 3.52 | 3.40 | 3.44 | 0.95–1.14 | 3.78–5.02 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| Arginine | 0.48 | 8.90 | 8.84 | 8.11 | 8.07 | 2.22–2.60 | – | 10.3 | 10.6 |
| Aspartic acid | 0.58 | 10.73 | 11.30 | 10.59 | 11.66 | 2–2.95 | 12.67–28.05 | 11.4 | 10.4 |
| Glutamic acid | 1.67 | 14.90 | 16.71 | 16.70 | 20.24 | 3.7–4.53 | 14.44–18.95 | 17.3 | 17.0 |
| Glycine | 0.26 | 3.90 | 3.90 | 3.12 | 2.54 | 0.87–1.04 | 3.66–4.70 | 4.1 | 3.4 |
| Histidine | 0.24 | – | – | 2.66 | 2.00 | 0.55–0.66 | 0.78–1.41 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
| Proline | 0.24 | 3.63 | 2.95 | 3.95 | 4.04 | 1.04–1.36 | 2.41–6.33 | 4.6 | 4.9 |
| Serine | 0.12 | 5.40 | 7.33 | 4.96 | 3.39 | 1.08–1.29 | 3.36–5.63 | 4.9 | 4.6 |