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. 2015 Sep 10;7(9):7616–7632. doi: 10.3390/nu7095358

Table 1.

Percentage amino acid composition of hemp seed protein isolate (HPI) and enzymatic protein hydrolysates.

Amino Acid HPI 2% Pepsin 4% Pepsin 1% Alcalase 2% Alcalase 2% Papain 2% Pepsin + Pancreatin Mean ± SD p-Value
Asx a 11.31 11.36 11.37 11.51 11.55 11.18 10.74 11.29 ± 0.27 1.00
Thr 3.42 2.92 2.85 2.89 2.78 2.93 2.82 2.95 ± 0.22 0.14
Ser 5.58 5.98 5.95 6.10 6.09 6.00 5.84 5.94 ± 0.18 1.00
Glx b 19.10 19.36 19.28 19.63 19.64 19.56 19.06 19.38 ± 0.24 1.00
Pro 4.30 4.94 4.74 4.83 4.75 5.23 5.17 4.85 ± 0.31 1.00
Gly 4.31 3.82 3.84 3.73 3.70 3.63 3.56 3.80 ± 0.25 1.00
Ala 3.81 4.79 4.76 4.53 4.60 4.75 4.48 4.53 ± 0.34 0.32
Cys 1.25 0.12 1.34 1.20 1.22 1.31 1.43 1.13 ± 0.45 0.50
Val 4.66 4.60 4.33 4.25 4.20 4.36 4.71 4.45 ± 0.21 0.32
Met 1.92 2.26 2.18 2.28 2.24 2.34 2.21 2.20 ± 0.14 1.00
Ile 3.63 3.17 3.04 2.95 2.90 3.03 3.33 3.15 ± 0.26 0.14
Leu 6.46 6.64 6.48 6.38 6.39 6.35 6.60 6.48 ± 0.11 1.00
Tyr 3.61 3.49 3.39 3.39 3.38 3.28 3.62 3.45 ± 0.13 1.00
Phe 4.72 4.65 4.52 4.45 4.48 4.44 4.80 4.58 ± 0.14 0.32
His 3.15 3.09 3.13 3.12 3.13 3.02 3.00 3.10 ± 0.06 0.14
Lys 2.73 3.19 3.32 2.96 3.03 3.35 3.33 3.13 ± 0.23 0.14
Arg 15.06 14.63 14.47 14.77 14.80 14.24 14.21 14.60 ± 0.31 1.00
Trp 1.00 1.01 1.01 1.05 1.11 1.00 1.08 1.04 ± 0.04 0.50

a Asx: aspartic acid + asparagine; b Glx: glutamic acid + glutamine