. 2021 Sep 16;8:694679. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2021.694679

Table 5A.

Essential amino acid (EAA) composition (g amino acid/100 g protein) in flour of wheat, rye, and barley cultivars.

Cereal/cultivar	His	Thr	Phe	Met	Val	Ileu	Leu	Lys	TEAA	AAS	EAAI	BV
Wheat flour
HPW-42	2.66 ± 0.23^A	3.18 ± 0.03^AB	5.04 ± 0.48^B	0.70 ± 0.01^A	3.79 ± 0.18^B	3.59 ± 0.50^A	5.73 ± 0.64^AB	1.51 ± 0.13^A	26.19 ± 0.32^C	79.86 ± 0.98^C	72.50 ± 0.67^CDE	67.29 ± 0.73^CDE
HPW-147	2.75 ± 0.10^A	3.18 ± 0.03^AB	4.75 ± 0.88^B	0.98 ± 0.12^A	2.93 ± 0.98^B	4.00 ± 1.08^A	6.45 ± 1.06^AB	1.09 ± 0.67^A	26.13 ± 1.43^C	79.67 ± 4.35^C	70.74 ± 0.59^C	65.37 ± 0.64^E
HPW-155	2.63 ± 0.13^A	3.03 ± 0.24^AB	6.05 ± 0.94^AB	1.04 ± 0.03^A	4.26 ± 0.94^AB	3.48 ± 0.34^A	4.40 ± 0.84^B	1.39 ± 0.81^A	26.27 ± 1.60^C	80.09 ± 4.87^C	74.01 ± 6.32B^CDE	68.95 ± 6.89^BCDE
HPW-236	2.75 ± 0.38^A	3.09 ± 0.15^AB	5.22 ± 0.29^B	0.95 ± 0.01^A	3.40 ± 0.21^B	3.56 ± 0.45^A	5.56 ± 0.35^AB	1.37 ± 0.78^A	25.89 ± 0.25^C	78.92 ± 0.76^C	72.74 ± 4.26^CDE	67.56 ± 4.64^CDE
HPW-249	2.80 ± 0.34^A	2.47 ± 0.19^B	5.64 ± 0.23^B	1.16 ± 0.14^A	5.97 ± 0.75^A	3.43 ± 0.29^A	5.00 ± 0.11^AB	1.33 ± 0.15^A	27.79 ± 1.03^BC	84.73 ± 3.15^BC	77.76 ± 0.42^ABCDE	73.03 ± 0.46^ABCDE
HPW-349	2.30 ± 0.42^A	3.06 ± 0.08^AB	5.17 ± 0.12^B	0.91 ± 0.29^A	3.57 ± 0.17^B	3.75 ± 0.16^A	5.17 ± 1.20^AB	1.38 ± 0.17^A	25.32 ± 1.01^C	77.18 ± 3.08^C	71.29 ± 0.73^DE	65.98 ± 0.80^DE
Rye flour
MCTLG-1	2.69 ± 0.08^A	3.53 ± 0.07^AB	7.42 ± 0.80^AB	1.29 ± 0.34^A	3.74 ± 0.51^B	3.15 ± 0.12^A	6.06 ± 0.43^AB	3.10 ± 0.93^A	30.99 ± 0.58^AB	94.47 ± 1.78^AB	90.00 ± 6.05^ABC	86.37 ± 6.60^ABC
MCTLG-2	2.53 ± 0.03^A	3.60 ± 0.46^A	7.49 ± 0.91^AB	1.26 ± 0.38^A	3.67 ± 0.36^B	3.21 ± 0.19^A	6.31 ± 0.12^AB	3.42 ± 1.52^A	30.50 ± 0.11^AB	92.98 ± 0.35^AB	87.18 ± 4.24^ABCDE	83.30 ± 4.62^ABCDE
MCTLG-3	2.51 ± 0.06^A	3.61 ± 0.44^A	6.81 ± 1.87^AB	1.22 ± 0.44^A	3.46 ± 0.26^B	3.22 ± 0.20^A	6.49 ± 0.10^AB	2.51 ± 0.41^A	29.84 ± 1.08^AB	90.94 ± 3.28^AB	85.44 ± 2.67^ABCDE	81.39 ± 2.91^ABCDE
MCTLG-4	2.55 ± 0.00^A	3.64 ± 0.39^A	7.81 ± 0.46^AB	1.36 ± 0.24^A	3.35 ± 0.10^B	3.23 ± 0.22^A	6.44 ± 0.03^AB	3.06 ± 1.05^A	31.45 ± 0.87^A	95.88 ± 2.66^A	90.52 ± 5.37^ABC	86.94 ± 5.85^ABC
MCTLG-5	2.59 ± 0.23^A	3.32 ± 0.18^AB	8.02 ± 0.04^AB	1.14 ± 0.01^A	3.31 ± 0.49^B	3.37 ± 0.19^A	6.47 ± 0.17^AB	1.97 ± 0.06^A	30.21 ± 0.33^AB	92.09 ± 1.02^AB	83.97 ± 0.45^ABCDE	79.79 ± 0.49^ABCDE
Barley flour
BH-393	3.17 ± 0.44^A	3.71 ± 0.44^A	7.76 ± 1.80^AB	1.47 ± 0.50^A	3.45 ± 0.24^B	3.80 ± 0.26^A	6.82 ± 0.63^A	2.76 ± 1.09^A	32.94 ± 0.05^A	100.43 ± 0.16^A	95.21 ± 8.11^A	92.05 ± 8.84^A
BH-902	3.09 ± 0.55^A	3.78 ± 0.34^A	6.72 ± 0.33^AB	1.41 ± 0.57^A	4.15 ± 0.18^AB	3.83 ± 0.22^A	6.72 ± 0.48^A	2.82 ± 0.24^A	32.53 ± 1.29^A	99.16 ± 3.94^A	95.85 ± 9.00^A	92.75 ± 9.81^A
BH-946	2.61 ± 0.18^A	3.25 ± 0.32^AB	6.71 ± 0.31^AB	1.43 ± 0.56^A	4.07 ± 0.30^AB	3.74 ± 0.33^A	7.22 ± 0.23^A	2.35 ± 0.25^A	31.60 ± 0.53^A	96.34 ± 1.63^A	91.39 ± 4.08^AB	87.89 ± 4.45^AB
BH-959	2.66 ± 0.11^A	3.43 ± 0.06^AB	9.22 ± 0.34^A	1.00 ± 0.05^A	3.85 ± 0.00^B	3.51 ± 0.00^A	6.91 ± 0.22^A	2.32 ± 0.29^A	32.91 ± 0.49^A	100.33 ± 1.49^A	89.26 ± 0.57^ABCD	85.57 ± 0.62^ABCD
FAO^*	2	3.1	5.2	2.7	4.3	3.2	6.6	5.7	32.8

His, histidine; Thr, threonine; Val, valine; Met, methionine; Phe, phenylalanine; Ileu, isoleucine; Leu, leucine; Lys, lysine; TEAA, total essential amino acid; AAS, amino acid score; EAAI, essential amino acid index; BV, biological value.

Mean ± SD with different superscripts in a column differ significantly (p ≤ 0.05); n = 3 for each treatment.

represents the data of (19).