Table 1.
The amino acid concentrations of the test meals in mmoles/portion test meal ± SD (Fisher's test) for histidine (His), serine (Ser), arginine (Arg), glycine (Gly), aspartic acid (Asp), glutamic acid (Glu), threonine (Thr), alanine (Ala), proline (Pro), lysine (Lys), tyrosine (Tyr), valine (Val), isoleucine (ILeu), leucine (Leu), phenylalanine (Phe), methionine (Met) and cysteine (Cys)
| Amino acid | mmoles/portion test meal ± SD (Fisher's test) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckwheat | Fava bean | Green pea | Hemp | Lupin | Meat | |
| Ala | 15.19 ± 0.55(a) | 20.62 ± 1.03(cd) | 19.17 ± 0.67(bc) | 17.43 ± 0.45(b) | 14.7 ± 0.11(a) | 22.38 ± 0.92(d) |
| Gly | 24.26 ± 0.87(ab) | 24.98 ± 1.36(b) | 25.72 ± 0.71(b) | 24.06 ± 0.61(ab) | 21.77 ± 0.41(a) | 25.65 ± 1.28(b) |
| Val | 14.67 ± 0.57(ab) | 14.55 ± 0.59(ab) | 15.76 ± 0.4(b) | 14.44 ± 0.11(a) | 14.41 ± 0.36(a) | 17.59 ± 0.61(c) |
| Leu | 18.01 ± 0.72(a) | 24.91 ± 1.19(c) | 24.29 ± 0.45(c) | 20.88 ± 0.29(b) | 22 ± 0.41(b) | 24.92 ± 0.83(c) |
| Ile | 9.72 ± 0.38(a) | 9.87 ± 0.34(a) | 11.37 ± 0.24(b) | 9.74 ± 0.09(a) | 11.88 ± 0.42(b) | 13.57 ± 0.5(c) |
| Pro | 21.8 ± 0.91(a) | 28.61 ± 1.48(d) | 26.29 ± 0.54(c) | 26.26 ± 0.41(c) | 23.75 ± 0.18(ab) | 24.99 ± 0.66(bc) |
| Met | 4.83 ± 0.37(c) | 4.19 ± 0.32(bc) | 3.6 ± 0.09(ab) | 5.94 ± 0.22(d) | 3.07 ± 0.18(a) | 6.75 ± 0.24(e) |
| Ser | 16.89 ± 0.41(a) | 22.72 ± 1.12(d) | 23.12 ± 0.66(d) | 20.98 ± 0.33(c) | 19.56 ± 0.29(bc) | 17.98 ± 0.52(ab) |
| Thr | 10.2 ± 0.33(a) | 12.9 ± 0.64(c) | 13.25 ± 0.25(cd) | 11.42 ± 0.14(b) | 11.59 ± 0.24(b) | 14.09 ± 0.51(d) |
| Phe | 10.05 ± 0.55(a) | 11.76 ± 0.87(cd) | 12.97 ± 0.19(d) | 11.44 ± 0.38(bc) | 10.19 ± 0.29(ab) | 11.27 ± 0.33(abc) |
| Asp | 21.06 ± 0.78(a) | 28.4 ± 1.48(cd) | 31.22 ± 1.74(d) | 25.86 ± 1.32(bc) | 24.18 ± 0.65(ab) | 25.87 ± 1.39(bc) |
| Cys | 9.63 ± 0.67(b) | 7.3 ± 0.48(a) | 7.11 ± 0.55(a) | 7.69 ± 0.4(a) | 8.11 ± 0.7(ab) | 8.28 ± 0.62(ab) |
| Glu | 57.82 ± 1.86(a) | 65.72 ± 3.49(b) | 67.78 ± 3.1(b) | 61.51 ± 2.75(ab) | 63.56 ± 0.79(ab) | 62.88 ± 2.16(ab) |
| Lys | 9.94 ± 0.31(bc) | 11.18 ± 0.84(c) | 13.79 ± 0.47(d) | 6.85 ± 0.26(a) | 8.9 ± 0.09(b) | 17.23 ± 0.84(e) |
| Arg | 14.59 ± 0.6(a) | 17.01 ± 0.96(a) | 17.82 ± 0.29(b) | 19.63 ± 0.54(c) | 17.42 ± 0.65(b) | 13.49 ± 0.47(a) |
| His | 4.99 ± 0.2(a) | 6.47 ± 0.37(cd) | 6.26 ± 0.14(cd) | 5.85 ± 0.2(bc) | 5.25 ± 0.16(ab) | 6.78 ± 0.36(d) |
| Tyr | 5.55 ± 0.32(a) | 8.32 ± 0.64(c) | 7.86 ± 0.07(bc) | 7.02 ± 0.28(b) | 8.17 ± 0.6(c) | 8.12 ± 0.34(bc) |
Where a, b, c, d represents ANOVA Fisher’s test values for each amino acid