Amino acid (g/100g) protein

Corn flour

Amaranth flour

Essential A.A.

Lysine

0.22

0.82

Methionine

0.17

0.43

Lucien

0.56

0.79

Isoleucine

0.19

0.51

Phenylalanine

0.23

0.56

Cysteine

0.18

0.54

Threonine

0.22

0.48

Tyrosine

0.22

0.53

Valine

0.32

0.64

Histidine

0.20

0.38

Total essential A.A

2.51

5.68

Non-essential A.A

Alanine

0.48

0.59

Arginine

0.34

1.23

Glutamic

1.09

2.47

Glycine

0.22

0.95

Aspartic

0.40

1.23

Serine

0.27

0.66

Proline

0.50

0.53

Total Non-essential A.A

3.30

7.66