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Table 2 Total amino acid composition of brebra seed (g/100 g)

From: Proximate composition, mineral content and antinutritional factors of Brebra (Millettia ferruginea) seed flour as well as physicochemical characterization of its seed oil

Amino acids

Brebra seed

Soybean seed*

Essential amino acids

  

Isoleucine

1.63

1.971

Leucine

2.98

3.309

Lysine

1.79

2.706

Methionine

0.12

0.547

Phenylalanine

1.75

2.122

Threonine

0.97

1.766

Histidine

0.70

1.097

Non-essential amino acids

Alanine

1.33

1.915

Ornithine

0.02

-

Asparagine

1.60

-

Aspartate

6.43

5.112

Cysteine

0.09

-

Glutamate

18.62

7.874

Glycine

1.10

1.880

Proline

1.20

2.379

Serine

1.21

2.357

Tyrosine

0.52

1.539

Total free NEAA

0.04

-

Total free EAA

0.40

-

Total essential amino acids (E)

11.88

13.52

Total nonessential amino acids N)

32.12

23.10

E/N

0.37

0.59

Total AAS

44.00

36.62

  1. *Source: USDA Nutrient database, 2010.