Table 2 Amino acid compositions of MCPC.

From: Production, characterization, and functional properties of protein concentrate from Momordica cochinchinensis seeds

Amino acid

Content (mg/g)a

FAO/WHO recommendation (mg/g)b

Axit aspartic

72.4 ± 0.3

NA

Threonine

22.9 ± 0.1

28

Serine

38.4 ± 0.1

NA

Axit glutamic

141.9 ± 0.5

NA

Proline

35.9 ± 0.1

NA

Glycine

43.8 ± 0.2

NA

Alanine

39.4 ± 0.1

NA

Cystine

15.9 ± 0.1

NA

Valine

39.0 ± 0.1

42

Methionine

11.4 ± 0.1

NA

Isoleucine

37.8 ± 0.1

42

Leucine

67.9 ± 0.2

48

Tyrosine

34.3 ± 0.1

NA

Phenylalanine

40.0 ± 0.2

NA

Lysine

27.3 ± 0.1

42

Histidine

26.7 ± 0.1

NA

Arginine

103.2 ± 0.4

NA

  1. aExpressed as mean ± standard deviation (n = 3), based on dry weight; bmg/g protein; NA – no information.