Table 2.
Amino acid composition of the diets.
| Amino Acid Content (mg/g Protein) 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Proteins | Legume-Enriched Pasta | ||||
| Casein | SMP 2 | F-Pasta | L-Pasta | P-Pasta | |
| Aspartic acid | 66.9 | 113.7 | 97.3 | 102.8 | 109.1 |
| Threonine | 39.5 | 50.5 | 37.0 | 37.2 | 38.3 |
| Serine | 51.2 | 45.1 | 53.1 | 54.9 | 52.4 |
| Glutamic acid | 213.8 | 171.4 | 223.5 | 215.8 | 202.4 |
| Proline | 102.5 | 46.0 | 63.9 | 61.0 | 54.2 |
| Glycine | 17.7 | 19.8 | 42.5 | 41.0 | 43.3 |
| Alanine | 28.9 | 47.8 | 42.0 | 42.0 | 44.3 |
| Valine | 65.9 | 51.4 | 48.2 | 49.7 | 49.5 |
| Sulfur AA | 45.7 | 51.4 | 26.3 | 26.1 | 26.0 |
| Aromatic AA | 88.2 | 72.2 | 74.1 | 81.4 | 83.4 |
| Isoleucine | 48.5 | 50.5 | 43.1 | 45.2 | 45.5 |
| Leucine | 87.7 | 120.3 | 79.1 | 80.3 | 78.9 |
| Lysine | 74.9 | 96.5 | 54.0 | 57.2 | 66.9 |
| Histidine | 26.1 | 20.0 | 26.9 | 25.3 | 25.1 |
| Arginine | 31.9 | 22.6 | 80.0 | 72.8 | 73.9 |
| Tryptophan | 10.6 | 20.7 | 9.0 | 7.5 | 7.1 |
| BCAA | 202.1 | 222.2 | 170.4 | 175.2 | 173.9 |
| EAA | 487.1 | 533.5 | 397.7 | 409.9 | 420.7 |
1 Amino acid composition of casein and legume-enriched pasta diets was determined by Agrobio (Rennes, France) according to the method published in Commission Regulation (EC) No 152/2009. 2 Amino acid composition of SMP was calculated from [49]; F-pasta = faba bean-enriched pasta; L-pasta = lentil-enriched pasta; P-pasta = split pea-enriched pasta; AA = amino acid; Sulfur AA = methionine + cysteine; Aromatic AA = tyrosine + phenylalanine; BCAA = branched-chain amino acid; EAA = essential amino acid; SMP = soluble milk proteins.