Table 2 Amino acid composition of bitter gourd mature fruit and seed (Adapted from Nagarani et al. 2014; Sorifa 2018)
Amino acid | M. charantia mature fruit (mg/g protein) | M. charantia mature seed (mg/g protein) |
|---|---|---|
Cystine | 22.3 | 16.5 |
Aspartic acid | 93.8 | 78.0 |
Threonine | 25.2 | 17.4 |
Serine | 55.0 | 43.5 |
Glutamic acid | 96.0 | 124 |
Proline | 54.4 | 49.7 |
Glycine | 44.9 | 39.9 |
Alanine | 51.2 | 46.7 |
Valine | 42.2 | 36.7 |
Isoleucine | 30.8 | 30.7 |
Leucine | 64.9 | 60.5 |
Tyrosine | 59.4 | 44.7 |
Phenylalanine | 40.2 | 34.5 |
Methionine | 27.6 | 23.6 |
Histidine | 72.8 | 40.9 |
Lysine | 101 | 98.7 |
Arginine | 45.6 | 80.8 |