Table 2

Amino acid composition of Telfairia pedata proteins in the seed.

Amino acid AA content, g/100 g seed % relative
Asp Aspartic acid 1.98 ± 0.13 8.27
Thr Threonine 0.77 ± 0.06 3.21
Ser Serine 1.00 ± 0.12 4.18
Glu Glutamic acid 4.68 ± 0.56 19.56
Gly Glycine 1.23 ± 0.02 5.13
Ala Alanine 0.94 ± 0.03 3.93
Val Valine 1.06 ± 0.04 4.43
Ile Isoleucine 1.01 ± 0.04 4.22
Leu Leucine 1.77 ± 0.08 7.39
Tyr Tyrosine 0.86 ± 0.05 3.59
Phe Phenylalanine 0.99 ± 0.03 4.14
Lys Lysine 0.70 ± 0.02 2.93
His Histidine 0.63 ± 0.01 2.64
Arg Arginine 3.97 ± 0.06 16.59
Pro Proline 0.88 ± 0.26 4.18
Cys Cystine 0.32 ± 0.13 1.17
Met Methionine 0.49 ± 0.02 2.05
Trp Tryptophane 0.57 ± 0.04 2.38
    23.85 100.00

Results represent the average value of two independent analyses ± uncertainty of measurement (95%).

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