Table 3.

Comparison of essential amino acid contents of wild-type (WT), transgenic rice, and the World Health Organization (WHO) 2007 standards

Essential amino acid contents
	1	2	3	4
	WT (mg/g protein)	WHO requirements (mg/g protein)	pA3-HLG (mg/g protein)	pB4-HLG (mg/g protein)
Histidine	24.04	15	26.92	23.65
Isoleucine	33.24	30	32.13	33.64
Leucine	73.21	59	66.63	68.30
Phy + Tyr	72.13	38	64.80	69.71
Threonine	30.13	23	32.47	31.97
Valine	48.71	39	47.79	46.90
Lysine	35.46	45	48.10	44.11

The nutrient data in columns 1, 3 and 4 were based on total amino acid analysis of WT, pA3-HLG, and pB4-HLG strains, respectively. Data in column 2 are WHO 2007 standards. The datum that does not meet the WHO requirements is in bold