Evaluation of Fatty Acid and Amino Acid Compositions in Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) Grown in Different Geographical Locations

Table 3

Amino acid composition (%).

	S	K	M	D
Ile	0.29±0.03^AB	0.31±0.05^A	0.29±0.05^AB	0.22±0.03^B
Leu	0.70±0.08^AB	0.72±0.10^AB	0.78±0.15^A	0.56±0.04^A
Lys	0.59±0.07^AB	0.69±0.09^A	0.68±0.12^A	0.50±0.05^B
Met	0.07±0.02^AB	0.06±0.02^AB	0.08±0.02^A	0.05±0.01^B
Cys	0.17±0.03^B	0.17±0.01^B	0.22±0.03^A	0.14±0.02^B
Total sulphuric acids	0.24±0.02^B	0.23±0.03^B	0.30±0.05^A	0.19±0.02^B
Tyr	0.37±0.04^AB	0.37±0.05^AB	0.44±0.08^A	0.30±0.00^B
Phe	0.47±0.05^AB	0.48±0.06^AB	0.52±0.12^A	0.36±0.04^B
Total aromatic amino acids	0.83±0.09^AB	0.86±0.11^AB	0.96±0.20^A	0.66±0.04^B
Thr	0.45±0.05^A	0.45±0.06^A	0.53±0.12^A	0.38±0.04^A
Val	0.46±0.05^A	0.47±0.06^A	0.45±0.08^A	0.34±0.04^B
His	0.24±0.03^B	0.24±0.03^B	0.33±0.05^A	0.23±0.01^B
Arg	0.67±0.07^C	0.75±0.09^BC	1.44±0.17^A	0.95±0.14^B
Total essential amino acids (E)	1.82±0.19^B	1.90±0.25^B	2.75±0.35^A	1.89±0.07^B
Asp	3.23±0.37^B	2.91±0.27^B	4.92±1.32^A	3.58±0.33^AB
Ser	0.64±0.07^A	0.61±0.08^A	0.64±0.18^A	0.46±0.05^A
Glu	1.99±0.23^A	1.82±0.22^A	2.44±0.86^A	1.74±0.24^A
Gly	0.48±0.05^A	0.49±0.06^A	0.50±0.11^A	0.38±0.05^A
Ala	0.60±0.07^A	0.61±0.08^A	0.71±0.19^A	0.53±0.08^A
Pro	1.40±0.12^B	1.38±0.21^B	2.53±0.77^A	1.92±0.26^AB
Total nonessential amino acids (N)	8.34±0.90^AB	7.81±0.91^B	11.73±3.42^A	8.62±0.99^AB
Total amino acid	12.80±1.37^B	12.51±1.52^B	17.49±4.26^A	12.63±1.07^B

Each value is presented as the mean ± standard deviation (𝑛=3). Data with different uppercase superscript letters in the same column of variety, respectively, indicate significant difference (𝑃<0.05) analyzed by Duncan’s multiple range test.