Table 1.
The content of crude protein, amino acids, creatine, carnosine, anserine, and 4-hydroxyproline in beef and plant-source foods
| Food | CP (mg/g dry weight of food) | Taurine (mg/g dry weight of food) | Carnosine (mg/g dry weight of food) | Anserine (mg/g dry weight of food) | Creatine (mg/g dry weight of food) | OH-Pro (mg/g dry weight of food) | β-Alanine (mg/g dry weight of food) | Glycine (mg/g dry weight of food) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beef cut—chuck | 680 | 2.34 | 15.2 | 2.79 | 9.60 | 1.73 | 0.453 | 31.0 |
| Beef cut—round | 721 | 2.78 | 21.4 | 3.25 | 10.2 | 1.74 | 0.615 | 33.3 |
| Beef cut—loin | 734 | 2.92 | 24.2 | 3.66 | 10.5 | 1.77 | 0.712 | 33.7 |
| Corn | 101 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.010 | 4.43 |
| Potato | 98.4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.046 | 2.74 |
| Soybean | 446 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.78 | 0.069 | 24.0 |
| Wheat flour | 134 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.43 | 0.0040 | 6.31 |
| White rice | 82.5 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.0024 | 3.95 |