Amino acid profile of pistachios. Minimum, maximum and average content of amino acids in pistachio nuts
| Amino acids (g/100 g proteins) | Essential amino acids | Some non-essential amino acids | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lys | His | Thr | Val | Met | Cys | Ile | Leu | Phe + Tyr | Trp | Asp + Glu | Ser | Pro | Arg | Gly | Ala | |
| Minimum | 4.9 [24] | 2.3 [16] | 2.9 [24] | 5.2 [24] | 0.89 [23] | 0.95 [24] | 4.1 [16] | 6.8 [24] | 7.8 [16] | 0.65 [23] | 13.1 [25] | 5.37 [24] | 3.36 [24] | 8.52 [24] | 4.36 [24] | 3.70 [24] |
| Maximum | 7.30 [23] | 2.7 [24] | 4.09 [23] | 6.1 [25] | 1.8 [25] | 2.6 [16] | 4.7 [25] | 9.18 [23] | 10.53 [23] | 1.4 [16] | 29.69 [23] | 7.32 [23] | 7.31 [23] | 11.64 [23] | 5.45 [23] | 5.37 [23] |
| Average | 6.1 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 5.6 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 4.4 | 8.0 | 9.2 | 1.0 | 21.40 | 6.35 | 5.33 | 10.08 | 4.91 | 4.53 |
| Reference protein [22] | 4.5 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 5.9 | 3.8 | 0.6 | / | / | / | / | / | / |
Lys: lysine; His: histidine; Thr: threonine; Val: valine; Met: methionine; Cys: cysteine; Ile: isoleucine; Leu: leucine; Phe: phenylalanine; Thr: threonine; Asp: aspartic acid; Glu: glutamic acid; Ser: serine; Pro: proline; Arg: arginine; Gly: glycine; Ala: alanine. The symbol “/” indicate that the amino acids are not essentials