Table 2.

Amino acid profile of cultivated lentil genotypes (Sayeed and Njaa, 1985; Shekib et al., 1986; Kahraman, 2018).

Amino acids	Concentration (g/100 g of protein)
Ala	3.31–8.35
Arg	4.64–13.80
Asp	6.36–13.20
Cys	0.60–1.62
Glu	6.12–17.10
Gly	4.40–10.40
His	1.21–9.15
Ile	2.20–5.00
Leu	5.21–7.72
Lys	5.81–9.59
Met	0.90–2.23
Phe	3.85–7.55
Pro	3.50–5.22
Ser	4.90–6.34
Thr	1.04–4.60
Trp	0.57–1.37
Tyr	2.71–7.15
Val	4.10–5.01

Ala, alanine; Arg, arginine; Asp, aspartate/aspartic acid; Cys, cysteine; Glu, glutamate/glutamic acid; Gly, glycine; His, histidine; Ile, isoleucine; Leu, leucine; Lys, lysine; Met, methionine; Phe, phenylalanine; Pro, proline; Ser, serine; Thr, threonine; Trp, tryptophan; Tyr, tyrosine; Val, valine.