Table 1.
Amino acid composition of barley, barley malt and BSG—adapted from Waters et al. (2012).
| Barley | Malt | BSG | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total protein (% w/w) | 9.65 | 8.52 | 22.13 |
| (% of total) | |||
| Aspartic acid | 0.19 | 0.17 | 4.81 |
| Glutamic acid | 0.85 | 0.75 | 16.59 |
| Asparagine | 0.23 | 0.33 | 1.47 |
| Serine | 0.12 | 0.07 | 3.77 |
| Glutamine | ND | ND | 0.07 |
| Histidine | 1.59 | 1.9 | 26.27 |
| Glycine | 0.08 | 0.06 | 1.74 |
| Arginine | 0.21 | 0.23 | 4.51 |
| Alanine | 0.22 | 0.23 | 4.12 |
| γ- aminobutyric acid | 2.56 | 0.01 | 0.26 |
| Tyrosine | 0.14 | 0.14 | 2.57 |
| Valine | 2.56 | 0.24 | 4.61 |
| Threonine | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.71 |
| Methionine | 0.03 | ND | ND |
| Tryptophan | 0.01 | ND | 0.14 |
| Phenylalanine | 0.2 | 0.21 | 4.64 |
| Isoleucine | 0.17 | 0.17 | 3.31 |
| Leucine | 0.3 | 0.29 | 6.12 |
| Lysine | 2.52 | 3.69 | 14.31 |