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E3 Journal of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Research

E3 Journal of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Research Vol. 4 (4) pp. 68-72, April 2013; © E3 Journals; ISSN 2141-7474

Amino acid profile of Amaranthus caudatus

D. Kubmarawa1 , M. H. Shagal1 * , B. G. Diwu1

1 Department of Chemistry, Modibbo Adama University of Technology, P.M.B. 2076, Yola, Nigeria
*Corresponding Author E-mail: shagal5787@yahoo.com
Accepted 1 April 2013

Abstract

Fresh leaves of Amaranthus caudatus were collected and pretreated for amino acids profile with the sole aim of studying the essentiality of this leaves in food consumption in Adamawa State, Nigeria. The results obtained from the analysis shows that seventeen amino acids were present in varying concentration in the vegetable. Glutamic acid, leucine, aspartic acid and valine have considerable high concentration; 11.77 g/100g protein, 9.39 g/100g protein, 7.92 g/100g protein and 5.00 g/100g protein respectively. Cysteine and methionine are the limiting essential amino acids in the vegetable with 0.93 g/100g protein and 1.09 g/100g protein respectively. Most of the essential amino acids compared favorably with FAO/WHO standards

Keywords: Amaranthus caudatus, vegetable, protein, leaves, valine

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