. 2019 Jul 29;56(9):4359–4370. doi: 10.1007/s13197-019-03904-5

Table 3.

Amino acid (AA) composition from olive seeds and essential-AA requirements

AA	Concentration (mg/g protein)	FAO (mg/g protein)^b		AA score^e	Wheat (mg/g protein)^f
AA	Concentration (mg/g protein)	Child	Adult	AA score^e	Wheat (mg/g protein)^f
Asp + Asn	88.17 ± 0.39
Glu + Gln	170.45 ± 2.24
Ser	44.55 ± 0.18
His^a	22.44 ± 0.28	19	15	1.18	41
Gly	45.47 ± 0.82
Thr^a	36.75 ± 0.99	34	11	1.08	24
Arg	72.78 ± 0.86
Ala	47.25 ± 0.28
Pro	18.53 ± 0.33
Tyr	33.72 ± 1.96				17
Val^a	162.58 ± 7.22	35	15	4.64	42
Met^a	18.84 ± 1.57	27^c	20^c	1.08	27 (Met + Cys)
Cys	10.45 ± 0.59
Ile^a	43.83 ± 3.06	28	15	1.56	29
Leu^a	69.66 ± 8.01	66	21	1.05	51
Phe^a	53.41 ± 6.20	63^d	21^d	0.84	26
Lys^a	46.63 ± 3.52	58	18	0.80	37
% EAA	46.5

Mean values ± SD (n = 3)

^aEssential amino acids (EAA)

^bFAO/WHO/UNU (1985): daily requirements for human child and adult

^cMet + Cys

^dPhe + Tyr

^eCalculated on the basis of requirement values for children

^fData from Primo Yúfera (1998)