Amino Acid (%)

Rice

Chickpea

Essential Amino Acids

Therionine (THR)

0.21

0.77

Phenylalanine (PHE)

0.31

1.06

Methionine

0.11

0.15

Leucine (LEU)

0.48

1.56

Isoleucine (ILE)

0.25

0.93

Valine (VAL)

0.36

1.02

Lysine (LYS)

0.22

1.46

Hisitidine (HIS)

0.14

0.49

Total essential amino acids

2.08

7.44

Conditionally Essential Amino Acids

Argnine (ARG)

0.53

1.52

Glycine (GLY)

0.28

0.86

Proline (PRO)

0.28

0.84

Tyrosine (TYR)

0.32

0.82

Total conditionally amino acids

1.41

4.04

Non-Essential Amino Acids

Alanine (ALA)

0.33

0.94

Aspartic (ASP)

0.62

2.3

Glutamic (GLU)

1.09

3.43

Serine (SER)

0.26

0.88

Cystine (CYS)

0.11

0.21

Total non-essential amino acids

2.41

7.76

TAAA

0.63

1.88

TSAA

0.11

0.15

Leucine: Isoleucine ratio

1.92:1

1.68:1