Table 3.
Amino acid profile (g/100 g protein).
| Finger millet | Foxtail millet | Quinoa | Amaranth | Buckwheat | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alanine | ALA | 6.71 | 11.00 | 4.35 | 4.26 | 4.50 |
| Arginine | ARG | 4.33 | 3.18 | 7.85 | 7.77 | 9.70 |
| Aspartic acid | ASP | 6.40 | 5.61 | 8.40 | 12.57 | 11.30 |
| Glutamic acid | GLU | 20.22 | 18.25 | 13.75 | 16.12 | 18.60 |
| Glycine | GLY | 3.59 | 3.12 | 4.80 | 8.50 | 6.30 |
| Proline | PRO | 5.42 | 7.33 | 5.67 | 3.76 | 3.80 |
| Serine | SER | 4.81 | 5.50 | 4.56 | 7.79 | 4.70 |
| Tyrosine | TYR | 3.37 | 3.87 | 1.98 | 2.85 | 2.10 |
| Histidine | HIS | 2.37 | 2.14 | 2.98 | 1.86 | 2.70 |
| Isoleucine | ILE | 3.70 | 4.55 | 3.75 | 2.82 | 3.80 |
| Leucine | LEU | 8.86 | 11.96 | 6.08 | 4.83 | 6.40 |
| Lysine | LYS | 2.83 | 1.42 | 5.55 | 5.45 | 6.10 |
| Methionine | MET | 2.74 | 2.69 | 2.24 | 1.86 | 2.50 |
| Cystine | CYS | 1.48 | 1.92 | 1.85 | 1.60 | 1.60 |
| Phenyl-alanine | PHE | 5.70 | 6.27 | 4.35 | 3.98 | 4.80 |
| Threonine | THR | 3.84 | 3.89 | 3.01 | 3.02 | 3.90 |
| Tryptophan | TRP | 0.91 | 1.32 | 1.25 | 1.05 | 2.00 |
| Valine | VAL | 5.65 | 5.49 | 4.55 | 4.34 | 4.70 |
Compiled from Pomeranz and Robbins (1972); Johnson and Croissant (1985); Gopalan et al. (1989); Ikeda and Kishida (1993); Longvah (2017); Dayakar et al. (2017); USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/(accessed on October 28, 2019).