Table 3.

Amino acid composition of proteins from chia seeds.

Amino Acid	Content (g/100 g)
	USDA [33]	Nitrayova et al. [27]
Essential amino acids
Arginine	2.14	2.00
Histidine	0.53	0.61
Isoleucine	0.80	0.74
Leucine	1.37	1.42
Lysine	0.97	0.93
Methionine	0.59	0.67
Phenylalanine	1.02	1.6
Threonine	0.71	0.54
Tryptophan	0.44	n/d
Valine	0.95	0.79
Non-essential amino acids
Cystine	0.41	0.42
Tyrosine	0.56	0.61
Alanine	1.04	0.94
Aspartic acid	1.69	1.28
Glutamic acid	3.50	2.87
Glycine	0.94	0.91
Proline	0.78	1.28
Serine	1.05	0.94