Essential amino acids in some common foods
- Essential amino acids in some common foods
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Essential amino acids in some common foods*
chicken
egg,
boiled,
1 large
(50 g) ground beef,
lean, broiled,
100 g
(3.5 oz) cow's milk, lowfat, 2%,
246 g
(8 fl oz) soybeans,
dry roasted,
86 g
(1/2 cup) cornmeal, whole grain,
122 g
(1 cup) flour,
whole wheat,
120 g
(1 cup) pinto beans,
boiled,
171 g
(1 cup) sunflower seeds,
dry roasted,
28 g
(1 oz)
threonine 302 1,080 366 1,478 372 474 592 223
leucine 538 1,954 795 2,772 1,215 1,111 1,122 399
lysine 452 2,057 644 2,265
278 454 964
225
valine 384 1,202 544 1,699 501 742 735 316
*In milligrams.
**Underscored number indicates limiting amino acid.
Source:
Jean A.T. Pennington,
Bowes and Church's Food Values of Portions Commonly Used, 17th ed. (1998).
See as table:
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Universalium.
2010.
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