Protein Quality of Three New Canadian-Developed Naked Oat Cultivars Using Amino Acid Compositional Data

Chemical composition of hulled, dehulled and naked oat grains

“…The content of sulphur-containing amino acids in the protein of the analysed oat lines was high, in the range of 4.40 -4.53 g/16 g N, which makes oats a good complementary protein source to legumes (Pedό et al, 1999). The content of essential amino acids in protein of naked and dehulled oats was comparable with the level in naked oats reported by Zarkadas et al (1995) and dehulled oats reported by Pedo et al (1999).…”

“…The amino acids score (AAS) value for naked oats was higher (P ≤0.05) than that for dehulled and hulled oats. Other authors found that lysine is the most limited amino acid in naked and dehulled oat grains (Zarkadas et al, 1995;Pedό et al, 1999). The amino acid composition and biological value of oat protein are better than that of other cereals such as wheat, barley or maize (McMullen, 2000).…”

Proximate Composition, Amino and Fatty Acid Profiles and Element Compositions of Four Different Moringa Species

“…A potentially high food value of M. oleifera leaf protein as an EAA source can be justified in that the analysed amino acid patterns almost completely satisfied the requirement of a 2-5 year old child. All analysed Moringa leaves contained all essential amino acids except lysine in higher concentrations than recommended for the young child (Zarkadas, Yu, & Burrows, 1995). Moringa spp.…”

Potential of Moringa oleifera L. as livestock fodder crop: a review

“…Table 3. Comparison of amino acid contents in moringa leaves, human milk, and cow milk, along with the daily amounts recommended by FAO (Zarkadas et al 1995;Becker 1996, 1997;Fuglie 1999Fuglie , 2000Foidl et al 2001 zinc, and 20.5 mg kg -1 crude fiber on dry matter basis (Table 5) (Makkar and Becker 1997;Fuglie 1999Fuglie , 2000Foidl et al 2001, Nouman et al 2012a. Moreover, moringa leaves are also a good source of oxalic acid contents (11.2 mg g -1 ), which are not harmful to the immune system (Makkar and Becker 1997).…”