Table 3 Amino acid composition of YSPa.
From: Recovery of Yam Soluble Protein from Yam Starch Processing Wastewater
Amino acid | Content | |
|---|---|---|
(mg/g dry weight) | % of YSP | |
Aspartic acid (Asp) | 36.0 ± 0.2 | 11.86 |
Threonine (Thr)b | 10.1 ± 0.1 | 3.33 |
Serine (Ser) | 18.4 ± 1.1 | 6.06 |
Glutamic acid (Glu) | 56.1 ± 0.8 | 18.48 |
Glycine (Gly) | 11.1 ± 0.5 | 3.66 |
Alanine (Ala) | 13.2 ± 0.3 | 4.35 |
Cystine (Cys) | 12.0 ± 0.5 | 3.95 |
Valine (Val)b | 15.4 ± 0.7 | 5.07 |
Methionine (Met)b | 6.7 ± 0.8 | 2.21 |
Isoleucine (Ile)b | 11.5 ± 0.3 | 3.79 |
Leucine (Leu)b | 23.0 ± 1.2 | 7.58 |
Tyrosine (Tyr) | 13.8 ± 0.7 | 4.55 |
Phenylalanine (Phe)b | 18.2 ± 0.5 | 5.99 |
Lysine (Lys)b | 15.8 ± 0.3 | 5.20 |
Tryptophan (Trp)b | 1.6 ± 0.9 | 0.53 |
Histidine (His) | 6.6 ± 0.2 | 2.17 |
Arginine (Arg) | 32.6 ± 0.6 | 10.74 |
Proline (Pro) | 1.5 ± 0.5 | 0.49 |
Total | 303.6 | 100 |
% Essential amino acid | 102.3 | 33.70 |
