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Cystein5+Cystine | 3.2 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 2.5 | ±9.0 |
Histidine4 (His) | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | ±13.7 |
Lysine (Lys) | 6.6 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 6.3 | 7.0 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 6.9 | 6.2 | ±5.3 |
Threonine (Thr) | 4.4 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 5.0 | ±5.5 |
Tyrosine5 (Tyr) | 4.6 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 2.5 | ±10.8 |
Valine (Val) | 5.8 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 5.8 | ±6.4 |
Isoleucine (Ile) | 3.5 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.2 | ±8.3 |
Leucine (Leu) | 5.4 | 7.6 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.6 | ±7.4 |
Methionine (Met) | 1.4 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | ±7.7 |
Phenylalanine (Phe) | 3.7 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 4.6 | ±5.5 |
Tryptophan (Trp) | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | - |
EAA (% total AA) | 39.6 | 41.8 | 38.3 | 41.9 | 40.3 | 37.9 | 36.2 | 41.1 | 41.0 | - |
Total EAA (mg/g protein) | 268.0 | 307.7 | 251.4 | 291.4 | 349.8 | 299.3 | 287.1 | 408.6 | 313.3 | - |
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Arginine (Arg) | 15.4 | 8.3 | 16.2 | 9.0 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 13.5 | 6.1 | 6.9 | ±6.0 |
Aspartic acid (Asp) | 10.5 | 11.4 | 9.3 | 11.2 | 13.3 | 10.6 | 15.4 | 11.4 | 11.8 | ±5.2 |
Glutamic acid (Glu) | 9.4 | 12.4 | 10.7 | 11.7 | 16.0 | 14.4 | 10.8 | 10.4 | 11.4 | ±4.5 |
Serine (Ser) | 5.1 | 6.2 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.6 | ±5.8 |
Glycine (Gly) | 6.5 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 7.2 | ±6.2 |
Ornithine (Orn) | 2.0 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.2 | <0.09 | 0.1 | 0.5 | <0.06 | 0.1 | ±5.9 |
Alanine (Ala) | 5.5 | 6.9 | 5.7 | 6.7 | 7.5 | 6.3 | 7.7 | 5.9 | 7.8 | ±5.2 |
Proline (Pro) | 6.0 | 5.4 | 6.5 | 5.8 | 4.7 | 12.7 | 5.3 | 13.6 | 8.2 | ±8.4 |
Total AA (% protein) | 67.6 | 73.6 | 65.7 | 69.5 | 86.7 | 79.0 | 79.4 | 99.4 | 76.3 | - |
EAA/non-EAA | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | - |
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Lys-Met+Cys | 227 | 229 | 213 | 249 | 335 | 229 | 233 | 247 | 243 | - |
Lys-Met+Cys-Trp-Thr | 348 | 344 | 306 | 361 | 434 | 348 | 315 | 344 | 359 | - |
EAAI3 | 90 | 100 | 85 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 91 | 100 | 100 | - |