Table 4.
Amino acid composition of flaxseed from three cultivars and one subspecies.
| Amino Acid | Content (g/100 g Protein) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NorLin (Brown) [6] | subsp. panambi (Brown) [105] | Omega (Yellow) [6] | Foster (Yellow) [34] | |
| Alanine | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
| Arginine | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 10.0 |
| Aspartic acid | 9.3 | 9.9 | 9.7 | 10.0 |
| Cysteine | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.8 |
| Glutamic acid | 19.6 | 19.5 | 19.7 | 20.0 |
| Glycine | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.9 |
| Histidine E | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| Isoleucine E | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 |
| Leucine E | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 6.0 |
| Lysine E | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.0 |
| Methionine E | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| Phenylalanine E | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| Proline | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| Serine | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
| Threonine E | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
| Tryptophan E | 1.8 | 1.5 | NR | NR |
| Tyrosine | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| Valine E | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
E: essential amino acid; NR: not reported.