Table 1 Amino acid composition of the storage protein of Dioscorea bulbifera
Amino acid | Concentration (g/100 g protein) |
|---|---|
Lysine | 3.50 |
Histidine | 4.43 |
Arginine | 11.87 |
Aspartic acid | 4.41 |
Threonine | 3.97 |
Serine | 4.10 |
Glutamic acid | 9.92 |
Proline | 16.20 |
Glycine | 4.39 |
Alanine | 5.79 |
Cysteine | 9.66 |
Valine | 4.25 |
Methionine | 3.75 |
Isoleucine | 4.56 |
Leucine | 4.09 |
Tyrosine | 23.11 |
Phenylalanine | 12.29 |
Tryptophan | ND |