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. 2018 Mar 2;73(2):108–115. doi: 10.1007/s11130-018-0660-7

Table 3.

Amino acids of the samples on a dry weight basis (mean ± SD/difference of average)

Samples
Amino acids g/16 g N Faba bean, whole (n = 3) Faba bean, hulled & grinded (n = 1) Lupin, whole (n = 2) Buckwheat, whole, peeled (n = 3) Buckwheat. bran (n = 1) Quinoa, whole, organic (n = 1) Quinoa, whole organic pearled (n = 1) Flaxseed, whole (n = 3) Oil hemp seed, whole (n = 3) Oil hemp peel (n = 1) Rapeseed press cake (n = 2) LSD
Essential amino acids
 Lys 6.43 ± 0.19 6.16 4.73 ± 0.05 5.80 ± 0.31 5.73 5.72 6.16 4.09 ± 0.11 3.30 ± 0.09 2.57 4.86 ± 0.05 0.35
 Met 0.89 ± 0.13 0.79 0.80 ± 0.01 2.14 ± 0.30 2.19 2.12 2.20 2.13 ± 0.14 2.19 ± 0.06 1.75 2.23 ± 0.03 0.32
 Cys 1.18 ± 0.09 1.13 1.39 ± 0.01 2.37 ± 0.16 2.24 1.60 2.09 1.70 ± 0.06 1.40 ± 0.08 1.10 1.75 ± 0.01 0.19
 Thr 3.65 ± 0.07 3.45 3.49 ± 0.04 3.82 ± 0.23 3.71 3.65 3.87 3.88 ± 0.09 3.08 ± 0.04 2.55 4.79 ± 0.06 0.23
 Ile 4.10 ± 0.10 3.97 3.94 ± 0.01 3.58 ± 0.21 3.31 3.60 4.14 4.15 ± 0.04 3.37 ± 0.02 2.67 4.16 ± 0.05 0.21
 Val 4.75 ± 0.11 4.56 3.95 ± 0.05 4.94 ± 0.29 4.64 4.52 5.19 5.25 ± 0.06 4.41 ± 0.04 3.62 5.52 ± 0.08 0.29
 Leu 7.51 ± 0.21 7.25 6.85 ± 0.04 6.40 ± 0.40 5.90 6.15 7.02 6.05 ± 0.06 5.76 ± 0.07 4.61 7.35 ± 0.06 0.41
 His 2.56 ± 0.04 2.43 2.56 ± 0.00 2.27 ± 0.17 2.26 2.52 2.13 2.09 ± 0.05 2.25 ± 0.04 1.50 2.56 ± 0.02 0.17
 Phe 4.25 ± 0.11 4.07 3.86 ± 0.03 4.52 ± 0.32 4.28 3.89 4.53 4.73 ± 0.05 3.95 ± 0.05 3.41 4.20 ± 0.01 0.31
 Tyr 3.67 ± 0.11 3.50 3.76 ± 0.01 3.09 ± 0.18 2.80 3.49 4.14 2.83 ± 0.08 3.04 ± 0.08 2.07 3.48 ± 0.09 0.22
Non essential amino acids
 Arg 9.73 ± 0.60 10.21 10.05 ± 0.58 10.10 ± 0.72 10.00 7.89 6.45 9.50 ± 0.14 10.51 ± 0.23 6.25 6.03 ± 0.07 0.94
 Asp 11.20 ± 0.27 10.71 10.10 ± 0.02 9.73 ± 0.52 9.30 8.15 8.96 9.98 ± 0.04 9.11 ± 0.18 7.25 8.13 ± 0.08 0.55
 Ser 4.98 ± 0.14 4.74 4.99 ± 0.09 4.96 ± 0.33 4.78 4.18 4.51 4.79 ± 0.05 4.39 ± 0.07 3.25 4.60 ± 0.04 0.33
 Glu 16.78 ± 0.52 16.45 21.01 ± 0.60 17.72 ± 0.99 17.61 13.33 11.77 19.69 ± 0.32 14.95 ± 0.43 9.86 17.26 ± 0.10 1.16
 Pro 4.22 ± 0.08 4.09 3.86 ± 0.04 3.72 ± 0.28 3.44 3.56 3.85 3.68 ± 0.02 3.48 ± 0.13 3.15 6.05 ± 0.03 0.28
 Gly 4.38 ± 0.08 4.06 4.21 ± 0.01 5.99 ± 0.43 5.85 5.35 6.32 6.06 ± 0.05 4.00 ± 0.05 3.26 5.31 ± 0.06 0.39
 Ala 3.97 ± 0.07 3.78 3.35 ± 0.03 4.10 ± 0.24 3.90 5.34 4.36 4.46 ± 0.01 3.66 ± 0.06 3.05 4.53 ± 0.05 0.23
 AA tot 94.27 ± 2.46 91.37 92.94 ± 1.16 95.27 ± 5.95 91.95 83.82 87.69 95.09 ± 0.42 82.86 ± 1.42 61.9 92.84 ± 0.79 5.92
 EAA tot 38.99 ± 0.88 37.31 35.33 ± 0.17 38.93 ± 2.52 37.05 37.26 41.48 36.91 ± 0.37 32.75 ± 0.45 25.84 40.89 ± 0.36 2.43
 PER 2.53 ± 0.09 2.43 2.22 ± 0.02 2.09 ± 0.16 1.89 1.93 2.26 1.96 ± 0.04 1.81 ± 0.02 1.39 2.48 ± 0.02 0.17
 AA tot (g/100 g) 29.44 ± 0.47 32.42 28.34 ± 2.51 14.07 ± 1.03 25.54 10.93 3.99 19.85 ± 1.79 21.17 ± 0.56 8.71 33.12 ± 0.37 2.51
 EAA tot (g/100 g) 12.18 ± 0.13 13.24 10.77 ± 0.77 5.75 ± 0.39 10.29 4.86 1.89 7.70 ± 0.63 8.37 ± 0.24 3.63 14.59 ± 0.17 0.86

AA amino acids, EAA essential amino acids, PER protein efficiency ratio