Table-3.
Amino acid composition of protein concentrate extracted from Indigofera leaves using distilled water and 0.1 N NaOH.
| Amino acid (%) | Indigofera leaf protein concentrate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Control | IFW | IFN | IDW | IDN | |
| Non-essential | |||||
| Aspartic | 2.32 | 3.13 | 2.16 | 1.80 | 2.16 |
| Serine | 1.34 | 0.97 | 0.04 | 0.59 | 1.85 |
| Glutamic | 2.10 | 3.96 | 4.37 | 2.07 | 0.71 |
| Glysine | 1.87 | 2.27 | 0.01 | 1.02 | 0.01 |
| Alanine | 1.22 | 2.43 | 0.33 | 0.96 | 0.05 |
| Proline | 1.74 | 1.36 | 1.63 | 0.76 | 0.01 |
| Cysteine | 0.31 | 0.16 | 0.19 | 0.03 | 0.05 |
| Tyrosine | 1.28 | 1.18 | 1.10 | 0.69 | 0.73 |
| Essential | |||||
| Methionine | 0.43 | 0.76 | 0.46 | 0.29 | 0.03 |
| Arginine | 1.88 | 1.87 | 1.96 | 0.97 | 0.04 |
| Threonine | 0.14 | 1.31 | 0.26 | 0.73 | 2.02 |
| Histidine | 0.84 | 0.89 | 0.82 | 0.41 | 0.62 |
| Phenilalanine | 2.07 | 2.37 | 1.89 | 1.04 | 1.30 |
| Lysine | 1.59 | 2.25 | 2.19 | 0.95 | 0.02 |
| Valine | 1.84 | 2.80 | 2.41 | 1.26 | 0.28 |
| Leusine | 2.28 | 3.69 | 2.88 | 1.64 | 1.99 |
| Isoleusine | 1.60 | 2.38 | 1.77 | 1.06 | 1.28 |
| Total AA | 24.85 | 33.78 | 24.47 | 16.27 | 13.15 |
| Total EAA | 12.67 | 18.32 | 14.64 | 8.354 | 7.58 |
Control=Indigofera leaf meal, IFW=Fresh Indigofera leaves extracted with distilled water, IFN=Fresh Indigofera leaves extracted with 0.1 N NaOH, IDW=Dried Indigofera leaves extracted with distilled water, IDN=Dried Indigofera leaves extracted with 0.1 N NaOH. The data were obtained from the analysis of 5 replicates that were composited, AA=Amino acids, EAA=Essential amino acids