| Measured Amino Acid |
Mushroom(b)
A. brunnescens |
Egg(c) |
Wheat Flour |
| Isoleucine |
4.9 |
6.3 |
3.7 |
| Leucine |
7.4 |
8.8 |
6.1 |
| Lysine |
7.8 |
6.9 |
2.5 |
| Methionine |
1.5 |
3.4 |
1.6 |
| Phenylalinine |
4.3 |
5.7 |
4.4 |
| Threonine |
4.2 |
5.1 |
3.1 |
| Valine |
6.2 |
6.8 |
4.3 |
| Tyrosine |
3.3 |
4.2 |
2.9 |
| Tryptophan |
1.6 |
1.6(d) |
1.1 |
| Alanine |
6.6 |
5.9 |
2.8 |
| Arginine |
6.5 |
6.1 |
4.1 |
| Aspartic acid |
11.5 |
9.7 |
4.1 |
| Cystine |
0.5 |
2.4 |
2.0 |
| Glutamic acid |
16.5 |
12.7 |
34.5 |
| Glycine |
4.8 |
3.3 |
3.2 |
| Histidine |
2.7 |
2.4 |
1.9 |
| Proline |
4.8 |
4.2 |
11.7 |
| Serine |
4.2 |
7.6 |
5.4 |
| Total S-containing |
2.0 |
5.8 |
3.6 |
| Total essential |
40.5 |
47.0 |
28.7 |
| Total aromatic |
7.6 |
9.9 |
7.3 |
a: (g) amino acid/100g protein, b: present study, c: FAO [6] |
