Table 7.
Amino acids profile of sunflower seeds, oil and oilcake.
| Parameters | SFS nmol/g |
SFOC/PE nmol/g |
SFOC/C nmol/g |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alanine | 2110.4 ± 18.21 b | 2187.18 ± 36.93 b | 3073.51 ± 43.48 a |
| Glycine | 1810.93 ± 0.0 a | 2329.15 ± 0.0 a | 1696.04 ± 324.38 a |
| Valine * | - | 8987.78 ± 3.40 a | 905.97 ± 22.10 b |
| Leucine * | 383.84 ± 0.0 a | 164.77 ± 4.20 b | 486.66 ± 8.00 a |
| Isoleucine * | - | 1584.28 ± 14.59 a | 757.88 ± 2.04 b |
| Threonine * | - | 827.21 ± 17.53 a | 742.32 ± 8.33 b |
| Serine | - | 2124.69 ± 12.66 a | 1181.12 ± 26.93 b |
| Proline | - | 1313.13 ± 8.66 a | 887.04 ± 12.66 b |
| Asparagine | - | 1102.81 ± 10.90 a | 629.15 ± 3.76 b |
| Aspartic acid | 255.53 ± 3.58 c | 2949.61 ± 137.36 a | 2045.89 ± 19.58 b |
| Methionine * | - | 696.83 ± 3.92 a | 675.17 ± 1.90 b |
| Phenylalanine * | - | 768.82 ± 1.56 a | 757.25 ± 8.43 b |
| Glutamic acid | 1229.56 ± 0.0 a | 3402.01 ± 0.0 b | 2082.36 ± 39.83 a |
| α-aminoadipic acid | - | - | 680.19 ± 18.43 a |
| Hidroxylysine | - | - | 686.60 ± 33.33 a |
| Tyrosine | - | - | 650.22 ± 0.32 a |
| Tryptophan * | - | - | 1093.97 ± 14.53 a |
| Total, nmol | 5790.26 c | 28438.27 a | 19031.34 b |
| Essential AA, % | 6.63 c | 45.82 a | 28.48 b |
| Non essential AA, % | 93.37 a | 54.18 c | 71.52 b |
The symbol * indicates an essential amino acid. The analysis was performed in duplicate. Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation. Values followed by different superscript letters (a, b, c, d) are statistically different at 95% confidence level.