Essential Amino Acid

A. brunnescens(a) (g/100g protein)

Egg(b)
(g/100g protein)

Chemical score

Threonine

4.2

5.1

94.9

Methionine

1.5

3.4

51.2

Valine

6.2

6.8

105.8

Isoleucine

4.9

6.3

90.3

Leucine

7.4

8.8

97.2

Phenylalanine

4.3

5.7

87.4

Lysine

7.8

6.9

130.8

Histidine

2.7

2.4

131.2

Tryptophan

1.6

1.6

114.5

Total

40.6

47.0

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Protein Score

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51.2

(a) Present study, (b) FAO (1970)
Table 6: Chemical score of mushroom protein.