Table 2.

Nutritional composition of quinoa plant parts and C. album leaves. Numbers in parenthesis refer to citations from which the nutrients data for quinoa plant parts and C. album were obtained.

Nutrients	Quinoa Plant Parts			C. album Leaves
	Leaves	Sprouts	Grains
Proximate composition
Crude protein%	28.2–37.0 [10,12]	6.1–12.3 [30,39]	9.1–15.7 [40]	28.7 [13]
Crude fat%	2.4–4.5 [10,12]	0.1–3.8 [30,39]	4.0–7.6 [40]	4.4 [13]
Crude fiber%	6.9–7.8 [10,12]	4.6–23.5 [30,39]	7.0–14.1 [40,41]	0.1 [13]
Carbohydrate%	34.0 [12]	9.6–73.0 [30,39]	48.5–69.8 [40]	40.8 [13]
Ash%	2.1–20.0 [10,12]	0.9–3.4 [30,39]	2.0–7.7 [40]	21.0 [13]
Energy (kcal)	325 [12]	69 [39]	331–381 [40]	317.8 [13]
Essential amino acids (g 100 g−1 DW)
Histidine (His)	0.7 [12]	0.7 [29]	1.4–5.4 [40]	0.4 [42]
Isoleucine (Ile)	1.6 [12]	1.1 [29]	0.8–7.4 [40]	0.5 [42]
Leucine (Leu)	2.7 [12]	2.0 [29]	2.3–9.4 [40]	1.3 [42]
Lysine (Lys)	1.9 [12]	1.3 [29]	2.4–7.5 [40]	1.8 [42]
Methionine (Met)	0.6 [12]	0.2 [29]	0.3–9.1 [40]	0.2 [42]
Phenylalanine (Phe)	1.8 [12]	1.2 [29]	0.1–2.7 [40]	0.9 [42]
Threonine (Thr)	1.5 [12]	1.0 [29]	2.1–8.9 [40]	0.8 [42]
Tryptophan (Trp)	1.2 [12]	NA	0.6–1.9 [40]	NA
Valine (Val)	1.8 [12]	1.3 [29]	0.8–6.1 [40]	0.7 [42]
Minerals (mg 100 g−1 DW)
Calcium (Ca)	147.0–1535.0 [10,12]	21.7 [29]	27.5–148.7 [40]	1438.9 [13]
Copper (Cu)	1.0–1.1 [10,12]	0.2 [29]	1.0–9.5 [40]	1.1 [13]
Iron (Fe)	11.6–148.0 [10,12]	NA	1.4–16.7 [40]	15.2 [13]
Magnesium (Mg)	14.0–902.0 [12,43]	219.3 [29]	26.0–502.0 [40]	1301.1 [13]
Phosphorus (P)	39.0–405.6 [12,43]	NA	140.0–530.0 [40]	419.7 [13]
Potassium (K)	474.0–8769.0 [12,43]	525.2 [29]	696.7–1475.0 [40]	8125.2 [13]
Sodium (Na)	3.0–15.1 [10,12]	NA	11.0–31.0 [40]	573.9 [13]
Zinc (Zn)	3.3–6.8 [10,12]	NA	2.8–4.8 [40]	4.8 [13]

DW: dry weight; NA, not available.