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

Table 5B.

Non-essential amino acid (NEAA) composition (g amino acid/100 g protein) in flour of wheat, rye, and barley cultivars.

Cereal/cultivar Asn + Asp Gln + Glu Ser Gly Arg Ala Tyr Cys Pro NEAA
Wheat flour
HPW-42 3.77 ± 0.10AB 37.17 ± 1.14A 5.46 ± 0.58AB 3.98 ± 0.16A 4.68 ± 0.68ABC 3.11 ± 0.31AB 3.46 ± 0.34ABCDE 1.43 ± 0.27B 10.75 ± 2.42ABCD 73.80 ± 0.32A
HPW-147 4.15 ± 0.24AB 39.95 ± 1.90A 5.65 ± 0.31A 4.14 ± 0.07A 4.48 ± 0.39ABC 3.06 ± 0.52AB 3.45 ± 0.32ABCDE 1.53 ± 0.18AB 7.47 ± 1.41D 73.87 ± 1.43A
HPW-155 5.61 ± 0.31AB 39.90 ± 0.26A 4.79 ± 0.42AB 3.07 ± 0.03A 4.26 ± 0.09BC 3.26 ± 0.62A 2.98 ± 0.23DE 1.54 ± 0.20AB 8.33 ± 1.62CD 73.73 ± 1.60A
HPW-236 5.53 ± 1.41AB 39.32 ± 1.21A 5.17 ± 0.29AB 3.27 ± 0.26A 4.37 ± 0.24BC 2.99 ± 0.23AB 3.30 ± 0.25BCDE 1.29 ± 0.16B 8.87 ± 0.99BCD 74.11 ± 0.25A
HPW-249 3.60 ± 1.16B 35.56 ± 1.33A 4.59 ± 0.30AB 3.36 ± 0.44A 3.24 ± 0.43C 2.02 ± 0.03B 4.18 ± 0.37A 1.59 ± 0.06AB 14.07 ± 0.02A 72.21 ± 1.03AB
HPW-349 3.79 ± 0.63AB 36.24 ± 1.02A 5.08 ± 0.20AB 3.95 ± 0.31A 5.05 ± 0.87ABC 3.18 ± 0.19A 3.31 ± 0.13BCDE 1.41 ± 0.22B 12.68 ± 1.28ABC 74.68 ± 1.01A
Rye flour
MCTLG-1 5.85 ± 1.17AB 25.45 ± 0.76B 4.48 ± 0.20AB 3.84 ± 0.17A 6.24 ± 0.50AB 3.91 ± 0.13A 3.11 ± 0.12CDE 2.30 ± 0.33AB 13.83 ± 0.63AB 69.01 ± 0.58BC
MCTLG-2 5.36 ± 0.29AB 27.87 ± 0.47B 4.76 ± 0.62AB 4.15 ± 0.52A 5.90 ± 0.28AB 4.07 ± 0.18A 2.87 ± 0.16E 1.83 ± 0.56AB 12.69 ± 0.58ABC 69.50 ± 0.12BC
MCTLG-3 6.05 ± 1.10AB 27.76 ± 0.29B 4.73 ± 0.67AB 4.16 ± 0.51A 5.88 ± 0.54AB 3.99 ± 0.29A 2.80 ± 0.26E 1.67 ± 0.33AB 13.14 ± 1.61ABC 70.177 ± 1.07BC
MCTLG-4 6.60 ± 0.57A 27.80 ± 1.06B 4.68 ± 0.74AB 4.11 ± 0.58A 5.81 ± 0.43AB 4.01 ± 0.27A 2.87 ± 0.16E 1.53 ± 0.14AB 11.14 ± 2.54ABCD 68.55 ± 0.88C
MCTLG-5 6.28 ± 0.19AB 26.52 ± 2.78B 4.30 ± 0.04AB 3.79 ± 0.25A 6.50 ± 0.63A 3.78 ± 0.29A 3.10 ± 0.17CDE 3.16 ± 0.97A 12.36 ± 0.57ABCD 69.79 ± 0.33BC
Barley flour
BH-393 4.63 ± 0.01AB 25.84 ± 0.82B 4.42 ± 0.28AB 4.02 ± 0.31A 5.76 ± 0.54AB 3.63 ± 0.17A 4.10 ± 0.16AB 2.68 ± 0.69AB 11.99 ± 0.24ABCD 67.06 ± 0.05C
BH-902 6.03 ± 0.58AB 27.33 ± 1.10B 4.04 ± 0.03AB 3.87 ± 0.52A 5.51 ± 0.18AB 3.59 ± 0.23A 3.95 ± 0.05ABC 1.04 ± 0.21B 12.10 ± 0.40ABCD 67.47 ± 1.29C
BH-946 5.69 ± 0.10AB 24.92 ± 0.06B 4.30 ± 0.45AB 3.91 ± 0.47A 5.58 ± 0.29AB 3.67 ± 0.12A 3.91 ± 0.13ABC 2.16 ± 0.04AB 13.85 ± 0.81AB 68.40 ± 0.54C
BH-959 5.96 ± 0.28AB 25.88 ± 1.42B 3.93 ± 0.06B 3.47 ± 0.16A 5.59 ± 0.28AB 3.43 ± 0.22A 3.77 ± 0.04ABCD 2.51 ± 0.54AB 12.55 ± 0.99ABCD 67.09 ± 0.49C

Asn + Asp, asparagine + aspartic acid; Gln + Glu, glutamine + glutamic acid; Ser, serine; Gly, glycine; Arg, arginine; Ala, alanine; Tyr, tyrosine; Cys, cysteine; Pro, proline; TNEAA, total non-essential amino acid.

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