Table 2.
Amino acid composition of quinoa seeds (g 100 g−1 crude protein).
| Essential | Semi-Essential | Non-Essential | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Country | Variety | Ile | Leu | Lys | Met | Phe | Thr | Trp | Val | His | Cys | Tyr | Gly | Arg | Pro | Ser | Asp | Glu | Ala | Asn | Hyp | Glu | Reference |
| 2010 | Chile | Ancovint | 3.8 | 6.8 | 4.2 | 1.4 | 4.1 | 3.5 | - | 4.9 | 2.7 | - | 2.8 | 4.4 | 10.7 | 7.1 | 4.2 | 6.6 | - | 4.6 | - | - | 10.9 | [14] |
| Cancosa | 3.4 | 6.5 | 4.1 | 1.5 | 3.9 | 3.2 | - | 4.6 | 2.8 | - | 2.8 | 4.5 | 10.9 | 7.7 | 4.1 | 6.9 | - | 4.2 | - | - | 10.8 | |||
| Cáhuil | 2.9 | 6.4 | 4.1 | 1.7 | 3.9 | 3.3 | - | 4.7 | 2.7 | - | 3.1 | 5.3 | 10.9 | 9.4 | 4.1 | 5.5 | - | 4.5 | - | - | 10.7 | |||
| Faro | 3.4 | 7.0 | 4.4 | 1.7 | 4.2 | 3.6 | - | 4.9 | 3.1 | - | 3.3 | 5.4 | 12.0 | 9.0 | 4.4 | 7.0 | - | 4.7 | - | - | 11.0 | |||
| Regalona | 3.0 | 6.6 | 4.3 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 3.3 | - | 4.3 | 3.0 | - | 2.9 | 5.4 | 11.9 | 7.4 | 4.3 | 6.5 | - | 4.2 | - | - | 11.5 | |||
| Villarrica | 3.1 | 7.2 | 4.8 | 1.9 | 4.5 | 3.4 | - | 4.4 | 3.5 | - | 3.1 | 6.1 | 11.9 | 6.7 | 4.8 | 6.7 | - | 4.5 | - | - | 11.4 | |||
| 2015 | USDA | 3.6 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 2.2 | - | 3.0 | 1.2 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 1.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | [17] | |
| 2015 | Germany | Zeno | 2.0 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 4.2 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 5.2 | 6.9 | 2.8 | - | - | - | [18] |
| Jessie | 2.4 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 4.4 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 6.0 | 8.5 | 3.3 | - | - | - | |||
| Puno | 3.2 | 5.4 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 7.1 | 11.8 | 3.9 | - | - | - | |||
| Titicaca | 2.7 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 4.9 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 5.9 | 8.3 | 3.3 | - | - | - | |||
| 2016 | Germany | Zeno | 2.5 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 4.4 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 5.6 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 5.2 | 6.9 | 2.8 | - | - | - | |
| Jessie | 2.8 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 5.7 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 4.6 | 6.6 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 6.0 | 8.5 | 3.3 | - | - | - | |||
| Puno | 3.2 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 1.8 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 5.0 | 7.5 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 7.1 | 11.8 | 3.9 | - | - | - | |||
| Titicaca | 2.6 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 4.9 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 4.1 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 5.9 | 8.3 | 3.3 | - | - | - | |||