Amino Acid (g/100g protein)

Samples

Reference^a

Human requirement^b FAO/WHO (56)

RDSF

DDSF

BDSF

ROSF

GDSF

Infant^c,d

Pre-school children^c,e

School children^c,f

Adult^c

Essential amino acids

Leucine

5.28 ± 0.01^b

8.51 ± 0.02^a (>61.17)

5.10 ± 0.05^c

4.90 ± 0.06^d

4.75 ± 0.12^d

8.3

9.3

6.6

4.4

1.9

Isoleucine

3.39 ± 0.11^b

3.36 ± 0.01^b (<0.88)

3.85 ± 0.04^a

3.29 ± 0.03^b

3.00 ± 0.01^c

5.6

4.6

2.8

1.3

4.2

Lysine

5.91 ± 1.12^b

6.64 ± 0.01^a (>12.35)

4.95 ± 0.11^c

4.89 ± 0.02^c

4.62 ± 0.01^d

6.3

6.6

5.8

4.4

1.6

Threonine

2.64 ± 0.01 ^b

3.06 ± 0.03^a (>16.09)

2.58 ± 0.04^c

2.44 ± 0.01^d

2.38 ± 0.02^d

5.1

4.3

3.4

2.8

0.9

Methionine

0.88 ± 0.02^b

1.34 ± 0.0.1^a (>52.27)

0.80 ± 0.01^b

0.69 ± 0.04^c

0.67 ± 0.10^c

3.2

-

-

-

2.2

Valine

4.19 ± 0.01^a

2.21 ± 0.02^e (<47.26)

4.01 ± 0.14^b

3.59 ± 0.01^c

3.28 ± 0.01^d

7.6

5.5

3.5

2.5

1.3

Phenylalanine

3.52 ± 0.01^b

3.96 ± 0.02^a (>11.11)

3.34 ± 0.01^c

3.34 ± 0.02^c

3.25 ± 0.03^c

5.1

-

-

-

2.8

Histidine

1.84 ± 0.10^b

2.22 ± 0.01^a (>20.65)

1.71 ± 0.02^c

1.58 ± 0.12^d

1.46 ± 0.01^d

2.4

2.6

1.9

1.9

1.6

Tyrosine

2.65 ± 0.03^b

2.98 ± 0.01^a (>13.70)

2.31 ± 0.03^c

2.15 ± 0.02^d

1.96 ± 0.12 ^e

4.0

-

-

-

-

Cystine

1.73 ± 0.03^b

2.21 ± 0.12^a (>27.75)

1.66 ± 0.01^c

1.38 ± 0.01^d

1.10 ± 0.01^e

1.8

-

-

-

-

Arginine

4.68 ± 0.03

4.85 ± 0.04 (>3.63)

4.68 ± 0.01

4.59 ± 0.02

4.42 ± 0.03

5.6

-

-

-

2.0

Total essential amino acids

36.71

41.34 (>12.61)

34.99 (<4.69)

32.84 (<10.54)

30.89 (<15.85)

55.0

Non-essential amino acids

Alanine

4.80 ± 0.02

5.18 ± 0.32 (>7.92)

4.47 ± 0.10

4.10 ± 0.12

3.89 ± 0.01

6.8

Serine

4.20 ± 0.01

3.06 ± 0.05 (<27.14)

4.08 ± 0.13

3.93 ± 0.03

3.46 ± 0.10

7.5

Proline

4.29 ± 0.14

3.71 ± 0.32 (<15.63)

3.94 ± 0.10

3.48 ± 0.03

3.25 ± 0.02

3.6

Aspartic acid

22.31 ± 0.51

23.26 ± 0.74 (>4.26)

21.21 ± 0.09

20.26 ± 0.08

20.01 ± 0.22

7.6

Glutamic acid

14.85 ± 0.05

15.21 ± 1.01 (>2.42)

14.28 ± 0.15

12.22 ± 0.11

11.29 ± 0.71

13.5

Glycine

3.63 ± 0.01

4.19 ± 0.12 (>15.43)

3.40 ± 0.01

3.38 ± 0.02

3.09 ± 0.01

3.6