Table 3.
Amino acid content (g/kg, dry matter basis) of Australian sweet lupins.
| Amino Acids | References | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [22] | [24] | [25] 1 | [26] 2 | [26] 3 | |
| Essential | |||||
| Arginine | 31.5 | 11.7 | 34.4 | 29.9 | 31.7 |
| Histidine | 11.0 | 3.1 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 7.6 |
| Isoleucine | 13.8 | 5.2 | 12.6 | 11.4 | 11.4 |
| Leucine | 21.9 | 7.9 | 20.8 | 20.6 | 21.1 |
| Lysine | 15.0 | 5.1 | 12.9 | 13.8 | 14.2 |
| Methionine | 2.6 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 4.5 |
| Phenylalanine | 12.2 | 4.3 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 10.6 |
| Threonine | 11.6 | 3.7 | 10.9 | 10.0 | 10.2 |
| Valine | 13.8 | 4.7 | 12.2 | 11.2 | 11.2 |
| Tryptophan | na | 0.8 | na | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| Non-essential | |||||
| Alanine | 11.0 | 4.0 | 10.7 | 10.0 | 10.4 |
| Aspartic acid | 30.8 | 11.0 | 29.4 | 29.4 | 30.8 |
| Cysteine | 2.5 | 1.5 | 33 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
| Glycine | 13.4 | 4.6 | 12.9 | 12.1 | 12.6 |
| Glutamic acid | 64.2 | 26.8 | 56.0 | 65.1 | 65.6 |
| Proline | 11.7 | 4.8 | 13.2 | na | na |
| Serine | 16.4 | 5.7 | 15.2 | 14.4 | 14.1 |
| Tyrosine | 11.1 | 3.0 | 10.2 | 9.5 | 10.2 |
References: 1 cultivar Gungurru; 2 cultivar Warrah; 3 cultivar transgenic high-methionine lupin; na = not available.