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. 2021 Sep 6;10(9):2108. doi: 10.3390/foods10092108

Table 2.

Amino acids profile of sesame seeds and cake.

Total Amino Acids
(mg/g of Sample fw)
Free Amino Acids
(mg/g of Sample fw)
Seeds Cake Seeds Cake
Aspartic acid 16.77 ± 0.68 a 26.20 ± 0.73 b 0.25 ± 0.04 A 0.33 ± 0.04 B
Glutamic acid 39.90 ± 1.51 a 61.93 ± 1.80 b 0.33 ± 0.04 A 0.45 ± 0.04 B
Asparagine ND ND 0.46 ± 0.02 A 0.67 ± 0.03 B
Serine 10.05 ± 0.34 a 15.20 ± 0.48 b 0.07 ± 0.00 A 0.09 ± 0.00 B
Glutamine 1.06 ± 0.02 a 1.93 ± 0.04 b 0.03 ± 0.00 A 0.03 ± 0.00 A
* Histidine 6.93 ± 0.40 a 10.45 ± 0.12 b 0.04 ± 0.00 A 0.06 ± 0.00 B
Glycine 11.21 ± 0.43 a 17.41 ± 0.53 b 0.02 ± 0.00 A 0.03 ± 0.00 B
* Threonine 7.38 ± 0.33 a 11.31 ± 0.40 b 0.05 ± 0.00 A 0.05 ± 0.00 B
Arginine 31.71 ± 1.38 a 48.31 ± 1.43 b 0.15 ± 0.00 A 0.19 ± 0.01 B
Alanine 9.57 ± 0.34 a 14.60 ± 0.44 b 0.09 ± 0.01 A 0.11 ± 0.00 B
Tyrosine 5.98 ± 0.36 a 9.07 ± 0.21 b 0.03 ± 0.00 A 0.05 ± 0.00 B
* Valine 8.40 ± 0.35 a 13.09 ± 0.33 b 0.04 ± 0.00 A 0.06 ± 0.01 B
* Methionine 5.06 ± 0.31 a 6.97 ± 0.30 b 0.03 ± 0.00 A 0.03 ± 0.00 B
* Tryptophan 1.89 ± 0.07 a 2.19 ± 0.05 b 0.12 ± 0.00 A 0.15 ± 0.01 B
* Phenylalanine 9.27 ± 0.36 a 13.87 ± 0.53 b 0.14 ± 0.00 A 0.18 ± 0.02 B
* Isoleucine 7.08 ± 0.29 a 11.12 ± 0.24 b 0.03 ± 0.00 A 0.05 ± 0.00 B
* Leucine 13.63 ± 0.55 a 20.70 ± 0.57 b 0.04 ± 0.00 A 0.05 ± 0.00 B
* Lysine 6.58 ± 0.49 a 10.32 ± 0.30 b 0.04 ± 0.00 A 0.05 ± 0.00 B
Hydroxyproline 0.50 ± 0.03 a 0.73 ± 0.02 b 0.01 ± 0.00 A 0.01 ± 0.00 B
Proline 6.58 ± 0.12 a 10.04 ± 0.31 b 0.03 ± 0.00 A 0.05 ± 0.00 B
Total 199.53 a 305.45 b 2.02 A 2.67 B

* Essential amino acids. Values presented as mean ± standard deviation (n = 3). Different letters denote significant differences by independent samples t-test (p < 0.05). ND, not detected.