Table 5.
Amino acid contents of tomato.
| Amino Acids | Concentrations (g/100 g Protein) |
Range | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Threonine * | 1.37 ± 0.97 | 0.40–2.34 | [3,41,62,80,81] |
| Valine * | 2.49 ± 2.09 | 0.40–2.49 | |
| Methionine * | 0.57 ± 0.45 | 0.12–1.02 | |
| Isoleucine * | 2.13 ± 1.73 | 0.40–3.86 | |
| Leucine * | 2.80 ± 2.28 | 0.52–5.07 | |
| Phenylalanine * | 1.77 ± 1.36 | 0.41–13.12 | |
| Histidine * | 1.93 ± 1.71 | 0.22–3.64 | |
| Lysine * | 2.45 ± 1.95 | 0.50–4.40 | |
| Arginine * | 2.33 ± 2.02 | 0.31–4.34 | |
| Aspartic Acid ** | 1.40 ± 0.70 | 0.70–2.09 | |
| Serine ** | 1.78 ± 1.30 | 0.48–3.08 | |
| Glutamic Acid ** | 10.13 ± 4.44 | 5.69–14.56 | |
| Proline ** | 1.53 ± 1.25 | 0.28–2.78 | |
| Glycine ** | 2.30 ± 1.99 | 0.31–4.29 | |
| Alanine ** | 2.74 ± 2.29 | 0.45–5.02 | |
| Cystine ** | 0.21 ± 0.19 | 0.02–0.39 | |
| Tyrosine ** | 1.82 ± 1.61 | 0.21–3.42 |
Concentrations are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. * denotes essential amino acids. ** denotes nonessential amino acids.