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. 2019 Aug 12;29(2):197–206. doi: 10.1007/s10068-019-00657-x

Table 5.

Free amino acid composition (µg/g) of red bean seeds and sprouts cultivated for 7 days after seed soaked for 12 h

Amino acid Cultivara
RB-A RB-G RB-C
Seed Sprout Seed Sprout Seed Sprout
Essential amino acid
 l-Threonine 47.23 ± 3.11b 952.63 ± 46.03 45.49 ± 2.89 1181.66 ± 53.66 44.55 ± 2.91 1164.96 ± 87.13
 l-Valine 68.07 ± 6.05 2337.25 ± 174.07 53.73 ± 4.33 2970.12 ± 1.45 66.19 ± 5.22 3196.67 ± 177.31
 l-Methionine 15.18 ± 1.03 352.94 ± 28.05 12.94 ± 1.06 490.49 ± 30.05 12.64 ± 1.07 491.09 ± 38.04
 l-Isoleucine 34.45 ± 1.06 1424.02 ± 113.94 27.21 ± 1.43 1968.00 ± 143.01 31.65 ± 2.11 2011.53 ± 107.53
 l-Leucine 20.44 ± 1.08 1386.14 ± 108.92 17.60 ± 0.88 1923.02 ± 151.18 21.36 ± 1.91 1851.61 ± 100.32
 l-Phenylalanine 99.74 ± 6.07 1603.64 ± 88.13 50.17 ± 3.99 2708.63 ± 161.89 83.14 ± 6.00 2728.58 ± 183.07
 l-Lysine 74.68 ± 6.02 1430.35 ± 99.03 66.37 ± 5.06 1949.56 ± 139.06 67.63 ± 4.04 2139.76 ± 127.05
 l-Histidine 209.60 ± 11.02 2384.04 ± 153.56 217.92 ± 8.73 2781.18 ± 164.03 216.96 ± 13.04 3084.54 ± 204.89
 Sub-total 359.79 9486.97 273.51 13,191.48 327.16 13,584.2
Non-essential amino acid
 L-Asparitic acid 636.69 ± 23.66 1378.48 ± 132.70 626.02 ± 49.42 1882.95 ± 0.29 610.29 ± 6.55 1775.71 ± 150.63
 l-Serine 38.01 ± 2.01 1700.02 ± 129.93 23.05 ± 3.79 2065.54 ± 173.99 38.87 ± 3.22 2027.32 ± 165.71
 l-Glutamic acid 1660.58 ± 83.11 2363.79 ± 201.38 1337.45 ± 117.99 2341.80 ± 211.50 1650.17 ± 138.79 2320.94 ± 183.24
 Glycine 48.19 ± 1.62 191.83 ± 28.70 37.65 ± 2.39 240.98 ± 13.46 42.57 ± 4.97 234.12 ± 24.13
 l-Alanine 140.53 ± 6.56 1087.94 ± 75.88 104.59 ± 7.73 1005.38 ± 2.01 117.80 ± 11.90 1049.72 ± 73.13
 l-Tyrosine 44.79 ± 0.63 989.60 ± 55.55 50.44 ± 4.73 1466.62 ± 108.49 47.38 ± 4.58 1374.51 ± 119.80
 l-Arginine 2208.41 ± 121.93 3928.33 ± 264.77 2338.84 ± 150.81 4874.59 ± 301.92 1745.27 ± 124.60 4440.77 ± 297.67
 Proline 111.76 ± 8.33 654.26 ± 92.78 50.68 ± 3.03 750.52 ± 81.85 116.32 ± 8.09 836.24 ± 100.59
 Sub-total 4777.2 11,639.99 4518.04 13,877.86 4252.35 13,223.09
Other amino acid
 O-Phospho-l-serine 60.79 ± 6.80 102.73 ± 5.11 62.26 ± 4.38 95.11 ± 1.92 57.03 ± 1.86 116.68 ± 2.21
 Taurine 92.85 ± 5.01 196.48 ± 8.68 142.52 ± 11.46 207.89 ± 18.54 143.12 ± 10.94 306.99 ± 21.55
 O-Phospho ethanol amine 83.24 ± 3.69 266.34 ± 21.46 NDc 271.26 ± 1.80 ND 330.99 ± 1.64
 l-Sarcosine 49.64 ± 2.87 ND 28.70 ± 1.66 ND 35.41 ± 3.59 ND
 l-α-Amino asipic acid 151.39 ± 8.81 437.96 ± 37.98 138.28 ± 8.00 470.70 ± 33.32 142.80 ± 11.86 472.49 ± 24.99
 l-Citrulline ND3) ND ND ND ND ND
 l-α-Amino-n-butyric acid 83.54 ± 5.64 ND 48.94 ± 3.84 ND 68.56 ± 5.83 ND
 l-Cystine 268.53 ± 12.64 316.65 ± 31.54 339.43 ± 24.65 331.83 ± 21.46 349.92 ± 34.69 411.94 ± 40.13
 Cystathionine ND 7.40 ± 1.11 20.27 ± 0.73 ND 17.75 ± 1.75 ND
 β-Alanine 44.96 ± 3.99 94.57 ± 4.58 48.72 ± 2.48 114.42 ± 4.87 42.14 ± 3.87 130.24 ± 9.18
 d,l-β-Amino isobutyric acid 28.88 ± 1.94 30.58 ± 2.76 24.08 ± 1.99 25.94 ± 2.10 24.89 ± 1.88 30.26 ± 1.11
 γ-Amino-n-butyric acid 39.66 1051.36 26.04 589.14 46.83 1311.60
 Ethanolamin 40.66 ± 3.13 196.88 ± 16.54 31.91 ± 3.78 222.37 ± 19.42 36.92 ± 4.54 278.70 ± 25.00
 Hydroxylysine ND ND ND ND ND ND
 l-Ornithine 25.98 ± 2.63 20.36 ± 2.21 18.88 ± 1.49 21.03 ± 2.92 18.30 ± 1.85 26.36 ± 2.33
 1-Methyl-l-histidine ND 34.78 ± 1.87 ND 50.28 ± 3.44 ND ND
 3-Methyl-l-histidine 1.86 ± 0.52 ND 1.37 ± 0.16 4.73 ± 0.91 1.99 ± 0.36 5.52 ± 1.19
 l-Anserine ND ND ND ND ND ND
 l-Carnosine ND ND ND ND ND ND
 Hydroxy proline 136.54 ± 12.18 96.18 ± 3.87 118.32 ± 7.64 74.30 ± 5.10 179.32 ± 10.13 90.91 ± 6.46
 Sub-total 1111.52 2852.27 1049.72 2479.00 1164.98 3512.68
 Total free amino acids 7836.49 29,567.08 7489.91 36,070.99 7206.26 37,609.09

aRB-A, ‘Arari’; RB-G, ‘Geomguseul’; RB-C, ‘Chungju’

bValues are expressed as mean ± standard deviation of two replications

cND non-detected