Proximate composition, amino acid profile, carbohydrate and mineral content of seed meals from four safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) varieties grown in north-eastern Morocco | OCL

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Table 3

Amino acid composition of Rancho, Cartamar, Cartafri and Sharda safflower meals.

	Varieties

Amino acids (% of dry matter)	Rancho	Cartamar	Cartafri	Sharda
Aspartic acid	1.73 ± 0.08^a	1.85 ± 0.11^b	2.10 ± 0.05^c	1.91 ± 0.05^b
Threonine	0.62 ± 0.04^a	0.68 ± 0.04^b	0.82 ± 0.02^d	0.72 ± 0.02^c
Serine	0.85 ± 0.04^a	0.93 ± 0.05^b	1.10 ± 0.03^d	0.99 ± 0.03^c
Glutamic acid	3.19 ± 0.12^a	3.38 ± 0.24^b	3.89 ± 0.07^d	3.53 ± 0.09^c
Proline	0.66 ± 0.02^a	0.64 ± 0.03^a	0.83 ± 0.05^b	0.71 ± 0.05^b
Glycine	0.93 ± 0.03^a	0.99 ± 0.05^b	1.17 ± 0.02^d	1.05 ± 0.03^c
Alanine	0.70 ± 0.03^a	0.75 ± 0.04^b	0.93 ± 0.01^d	0.83 ± 0.03^c
Valine	0.99 ± 0.04^a	1.05 ± 0.05^b	1.25 ± 0.03^d	1.11 ± 0.05^c
Methionine	0.16 ± 0.01^a	0.20 ± 0.02^b	0.30 ± 0.01^d	0.25 ± 0.01^c
Isoleucine	0.66 ± 0.03^a	0.70 ± 0.05^b	0.85 ± 0.04^d	0.76 ± 0.04^c
Leucine	1.13 ± 0.05^a	1.22 ± 0.05^b	1.47 ± 0.03^d	1.31 ± 0.06^c
Tyrosine	0.39 ± 0.01^a	0.46 ± 0.03^b	0.61 ± 0.02^d	0.49 ± 0.03^c
Phenylalanine	0.77 ± 0.04^a	0.85 ± 0.09^b	1.04 ± 0.05^d	0.94 ± 0.06^c
Histidine	0.62 ± 0.04^a	0.67 ± 0.05^b	0.80 ± 0.03^d	0.71 ± 0.03^c
Lysine	0.63 ± 0.06^a	0.73 ± 0.06^b	0.84 ± 0.03^c	0.80 ± 0.04^c
Arginine	1.53 ± 0.08^a	1.63 ± 0.09^b	2.01 ± 0.05^d	1.74 ± 0.08^c
Total amino acids	15.56 ± 0.61^a	16.71 ± 0.66^b	20.01 ± 0.40^d	17.86 ± 0.56^c

Values are the means of the four different safflower meal samples (n = 9) ± standard deviations. Significant differences (p < 0.05) in the same line are indicated by different letters (a–d).

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