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Table 3 Percentage composition of amino acids in seeds

From: Compositional studies and biological activities of some mash bean (Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper) cultivars commonly consumed in Pakistan

Amino acid

NARC-Mash-1

NARC-Mash-2

NARC-Mash-3

NARC-Mash-97

Alanine

4.63 ± 0.17b

5.20 ± 0.07a

4.35 ± 0.05c

4.17 ± 0.21c

Arginine

6.03 ± 0.27c

6.30 ± 0.04b

6.53 ± 0.03a

6.64 ± 0.15a

Aspartic acid

13.20 ± 0.27a

12.40 ± 0.08b

11.98 ± 0.07bc

11.53 ± 0.11c

Cystine

0.75 ± 0.29b

0.90 ± 0.04a

0.45 ± 0.03c

0.72 ± 0.23b

Glutamic acid

21.07 ± 0.65a

21.49 ± 0.07a

20.44 ± 0.09b

19.19 ± 0.62c

Glycine

4.39 ± 0.12a

4.61 ± 0.05a

3.73 ± 0.03b

4.34 ± 0.24a

Histidine

2.36 ± 0.31b

2.13 ± 0.02b

3.21 ± 0.01a

3.26 ± 0.26a

Isoleucine

4.48 ± 0.17a

4.37 ± 0.07a

3.79 ± 0.05b

4.25 ± 0.09a

Leucine

8.89 ± 0.12a

7.31 ± 0.03b

7.79 ± 0.04b

7.54 ± 0.45b

Lycine

4.19 ± 0.88d

7.69 ± 0.01a

6.90 ± 0.08b

5.07 ± 0.74c

Methionine

1.92 ± 0.74a

1.12 ± 0.05b

1.42 ± 0.09b

1.29 ± 0.29b

Phenylalanine

5.59 ± 0.18a

4.88 ± 0.06b

5.80 ± 0.07a

5.67 ± 0.12a

Proline

4.30 ± 0.21b

3.69 ± 0.03c

5.01 ± 0.01a

4.20 ± 0.08b

Serine

5.18 ± 0.30a

5.31 ± 0.05a

4.14 ± 0.08c

4.78 ± 0.07b

Threonine

3.95 ± 0.35b

3.80 ± 0.04b

4.50 ± 0.03a

3.99 ± 0.28b

Tryosine

1.01 ± 0.14c

1.70 ± 0.09b

2.80 ± 0.02a

3.15 ± 0.28a

Tryptophan

2.97 ± 0.19a

2.40 ± 0.06c

2.67 ± 0.02b

2.92 ± 0.07a

Valine

5.09 ± 0.11a

4.80 ± 0.08b

4.94 ± 0.04a

5.08 ± 0.04a

  1. Values in the same row having different letters differ significantly with least significant difference (LSD) at probability (p < 0.05).