Chemical Composition, Physicochemical Characteristics, and Nutritional Value of Lannea kerstingii Seeds and Seed Oil

Table 2

Amino acid content of seed flour from Lannea kerstingii.

	Amino acid content (g/100 g of protein)	Requirement for	Amino acid score
Essential amino acids
Tryptophan	1.25 ± 0.01	0.6	2.08
Phenylalanine + tyrosine	7.45 ± 0.23	3.8	1.96
Histidine	2.38 ± 0.06	1.5	1.59
Isoleucine	4.53 ± 0.06	3.0	1.51
Methionine + cysteine	3.06 ± 0.08	2.2	1.39
Valine	5.26 ± 0.04	3.9	1.35
Threonine	2.89 ± 0.09	2.3	1.26
Leucine	6.67 ± 0.16	5.9	1.13
Lysine	2.99 ± 0.10	4.5	0.66
Nonessential amino acids
Glutamine	18.20 ± 0.44
Arginine	11.01 ± 0.29
Asparagine	8.19 ± 0.19
Glycine	4.33 ± 0.13
Serine	3.92 ± 0.17
Alanine	3.68 ± 0.10
Proline	3.36 ± 0.07
Hydroxylysine	0.45 ± 0.01
Hydroxyproline	0.25 ± 0.16
Total essential amino acids	36.48
Total nonessential amino acids	53.39

Mean values ± standard deviation for .
acid requirements for adults over 18 years of age [12].