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Table 6 Essential amino acid profile of raw and cooked broiler chicken nugget extended with legume flours.

From: Quality attributes of chicken nuggets extended with different legume flours

Raw

Amino acid

Control

Soyabean

Groundnut

Cowpea

Histidine

4.65 ± 0.00a

4.65 ± 0.00a

4.65 ± 0.00a

4.65 ± 0.00a

Isoleucine

18.60 ± 1.94c

24.81 ± 4.27a

20.16 ± 0.38b

18.60 ± 1.94c

Leucine

17.05 ± 1.17b

21.71 ± 3.49a

17.05 ± 1.17b

17.05 ± 1.17b

Lysine

9.30 ± 0.78b

12.40 ± 2.32a

9.30 ± 0.78b

9.30 ± 0.78b

Phenylalanine

9.30 ± 0.39b

12.40 ± 2.71a

9.30 ± 0.39b

7.75 ± 1.94c

Tryptophan

6.20 ± 1.36c

10.85 ± 3.33a

7.75 ± 0.19b

5.43 ± 2.13d

Valine

6.20 ± 2.33d

10.85 ± 2.32a

7.75 ± 0.78c

9.30 ± 0.71b

Methionine/Cysteine

22.95 ± 5.33a

18.29 ± 0.67b

15.35 ± 2.27c

13.88 ± 3.74d

Cooked

 Histidine

8.13 ± 3.55a

4.07 ± 0.51b

4.07 ± 0.51b

2.03 ± 2.55c

 Isoleucine

28.46 ± 2.03a

28.46 ± 2.03a

26.42 ± 0.01b

22.36 ± 4.07c

 Leucine

18.29 ± 2.54a

14.23 ± 1.52c

16.26 ± 0.51b

14.23 ± 1.52c

 Lysine

16.26 ± 6.10a

10.16 ± 0.00b

8.13 ± 2.03c

6.10 ± 4.06d

 Phenylalanine

14.23 ± 4.07a

10.16 ± 0.00b

8.13 ± 2.03c

8.13 ± 2.03c

 Tryptophan

12.20 ± 5.59a

6.10 ± 0.51b

4.07 ± 2.54c

4.07 ± 2.54c

 Valine

12.20 ± 3.56a

10.16 ± 1.52b

6.10 ± 2.54c

6.10 ± 2.54c

 Methionine/Cysteine

30.18 ± 12.55a

15.45 ± 2.18b

13.72 ± 3.91c

11.18 ± 5.83d

  1. abcd Means in the same row with varying superscripts are significantly different (P < 0.05)