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 |