Table 4.
Amino acids composition in three mushroom species.
| Amino Acids Content (g/100 g Protein) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Amino Acids | Pleurotus columbinus | Pleurotus sajor-caju | Agaricus bisporus |
| Aspartic acid | ND * | ND * | ND * |
| Threonine | 0.266 | 0.315 | 0.321 |
| Serine | 0.367 | 0.446 | 0.412 |
| Glutamic acid | 1.118 | 1.209 | 1.277 |
| Proline | 0.209 | 0.599 | 0.839 |
| Glycine | 0.365 | 0.388 | 0.302 |
| Alanine | 0.49 | 0.496 | 0.523 |
| Cystine | 0.206 | 0.201 | 0.223 |
| Valine | 0.241 | 0.257 | 0.268 |
| Methionine | 0.281 | 0.276 | 0.353 |
| Isoleucine | 0.117 | 0.124 | 0.127 |
| Leucine | 0.381 | 0.417 | 0.337 |
| Tyrosine | 0.167 | 0.176 | 0.197 |
| Phenylalanine | 0.202 | 0.217 | 0.161 |
| Histadine | ND * | ND * | ND * |
| Lysine | 0.343 | 0.347 | 0.299 |
| Arginine | 0.286 | 0.326 | 0.215 |
| Total | 5.04 | 5.75 | 5.58 |
ND *: Not detected