Table 2 Amino acid compositions (g/100 g) of blend of maize and almond seed flours

Alanine

3.09 ± 0.02^c

3.78 ± 0.32^b

3.74 ± 0.02^b

3.01 ± 0.02^c

4.09 ± 0.02^a

–

Aspartic acid

1.97 ± 0.06^b

5.61 ± 2.86^a

2.16 ± 0.02^b

6.54 ± 0.02^a

2.55 ± 0.02^b

–

Glutamic acid

2.65 ± 0.02^e

9.68 ± 0.02^a

3.05 ± 0.02^d

9.06 ± 0.02^b

3.29 ± 0.02^c

–

Glycine

2.89 ± 0.02^c

3.11 ± 0.02^b

3.35 ± 0.02^a

2.66 ± 0.09^d

3.28 ± 0.02^a

–

Proline

2.89 ± 0.02^d

2.97 ± 0.02^c

3.35 ± 0.02^a

2.12 ± 0.02^e

3.28 ± 0.02^b

–

Serine

8.50 ± 0.02^b

2.40 ± 0.02^d

9.31 ± 0.02^a

1.81 ± 0.02^e

7.30 ± 0.02^c

–

Histidine

3.83 ± 0.02^b

2.16 ± 0.02^c

4.08 ± 0.02^a

1.94 ± 0.02^d

4.08 ± 0.02^a

1.9

Isoleucine

2.32 ± 0.02^d

2.86 ± 0.02^c

3.01 ± 0.02^b

2.20 ± 0.02^e

3.11 ± 0.02^a

2.8

Leucine

6.51 ± 0.02^c

7.25 ± 0.02^b

2.89 ± 0.02^e

5.66 ± 0.02^d

8.01 ± 0.02^a

6.6

Lysine

2.85 ± 0.02^b

3.17 ± 0.02^a

3.06 ± 0.02^a

2.74 ± 0.05^b

3.04 ± 0.05^a

5.8

Methionine

1.22 ± 0.02^d

1.59 ± 0.02^d

1.30 ± 0.02^c

0.96 ± 0.02^e

2.08 ± 0.02^a

2.2

Phenylalanine

3.38 ± 0.02^d

4.06 ± 0.02^b

3.97 ± 0.02^c

3.13 ± 0.02^d

4.23 ± 0.02^a

2.8

Threonine

2.05 ± 0.02^d

2.33 ± 0.02^a

2.19 ± 0.02^c

1.80 ± 0.02^e

2.27 ± 0.01^b

3.4

Arginine

6.86 ± 0.02^b

4.34 ± 0.02^c

6.98 ± 0.07^a

3.66 ± 0.02^d

2.55 ± 0.02^c

2

Cystine

0.82 ± 0.02^d

0.99 ± 0.02^b

0.93 ± 0.02^c

0.53 ± 0.02^b

1.39 ± 0.01^a

–

Tyrosine

2.25 ± 0.02^c

2.42 ± 0.02^b

2.25 ± 0.02^c

1.93 ± 0.02^d

2.58 ± 0.02^a

–

Tryptophan

TSAA (Meth + Cys)

2.04

2.58

2.23

0.94

3.47

2.20

AAA (Phe + Tyr + Trp)

6.35

7.29

6.98

5.85

7.76

2.80

TIAA

35.73

35.09

34.73

28.07

36.94

33.90