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Table 2 Amino acid scoring pattern 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 acids

Reference protein (mg/g protein) [36]

TP protein (mg/g protein)

TP amino acid score (%)

TS protein (mg/g protein)

TS amino acid score (%)

Histidine

18.0 ± 1.4

20.3 ± 1.8

112.8 ± 10.0

26.1 ± 0.8

145.0 ± 4.4

Isoleucine

31.0 ± 0.7

56.5 ± 1.3

182.3 ± 4.2

56.8 ± 3.4

183.2 ± 11.0

Leucine

63.0 ± 1.4

70.1 ± 3.7

111.3 ± 5.9

80.3 ± 5.6

127.5 ± 8.9

Lysine

52.0 ± 2.8

31.6 ± 2.5

60.8 ± 4.8

32.3 ± 3.1

62.1 ± 6.0

Methionine + cysteine

25.0 ± 0.7

13.6 ± 0.9

54.4 ± 3.6

18.8 ± 4.1

75.2 ± 16.4

Phenylalanine + tyrosine

46.0 ± 3.5

114.1 ± 3.3

248.0 ± 7.2

111.5 ± 6.9

242.4 ± 15.0

Threonine

27.0 ± 1.4

35.0 ± 4.2

129.6 ± 15.6

33.9 ± 2.6

125.6 ± 9.6

Tryptophan

7.0 ± 0.3

57.6 ± 1.7

822.9 ± 24.3

17.2 ± 0.6

245.7 ± 8.6

Valine

41.0 ± 0.7

42.9 ± 0.5

104.6 ± 1.2

52.1 ± 3.9

127.1 ± 9.6

Essential amino acids

 

414.6 ± 19.5

 

387.8 ± 29.0

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