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Table 1 Total amino acid profile of the protein extracted from tomato peel and seed by-products

From: Biorefinery cascade processing for creating added value on tomato industrial by-products from Tunisia

 

Amino acid (mg/g protein)

TP

TS

Aspartic acid

114.1 ± 5.2

102.1 ± 3.7

Glutamic acid

163.8 ± 5.5

214.2 ± 0.7

Asparagine

16.9 ± 1.2

0.0

Serine

96.0 ± 3.4

54.7 ± 2.2

Glutamine

0.0

2.6 ± 0.3

Histidinea

20.3 ± 1.8

26.1 ± 0.8

Glycine

45.2 ± 0.8

55.2 ± 3.4

Threoninea

35.0 ± 4.2

33.9 ± 2.6

Arginine

44.1 ± 3.4

91.7 ± 4.4

Alanine

56.5 ± 3.1

47.9 ± 3.0

Tyrosine

27.1 ± 0.4

41.2 ± 2.0

Valinea

42.9 ± 0.5

52.1 ± 3.9

Methioninea

13.6 ± 0.9

18.8 ± 4.1

Tryptophana

57.6 ± 1.7

17.2 ± 0.6

Phenylalaninea

87.0 ± 2.9

70.3 ± 4.9

Isoleucinea

56.5 ± 1.3

56.8 ± 3.4

Ornithine

21.5 ± 1.5

2.6 ± 0.5

Leucinea

70.1 ± 3.7

80.3 ± 5.6

Lysinea

31.6 ± 2.5

32.3 ± 3.1

  1. aRefers to essential amino acids