Research Article
Influence of Sorghum Kafirin on Serum Lipid Profile and Antioxidant Activity in Hyperlipidemic Rats (In Vitro and In Vivo Studies)
Table 2
Amino acid composition of sorghum flour (SF) and sorghum kafirin (SK)1.
| | Amino acid | SF | SK | | g/100 g dry weight |
| | Asparagine | 5.81 | 6.68 | | Threonine | 2.92 | 2.32 | | Serine | 3.25 | 3.29 | | Glutamic acid | 14.84 | 23.12 | | Proline | 7.21 | 3.03 | | Glycine | 6.32 | 3.20 | | Alanine | 9.24 | 14.08 | | Valine | 4.83 | 4.29 | | Methionine | 1.31 | 0.746 | | Isoleucine | 3.92 | 4.01 | | Leucine | 10.10 | 14.17 | | Tyrosine | 5.31 | 5.51 | | Phenylalanine | 5.05 | 5.79 | | Histidine | 2.22 | 1.19 | | Lysine | 3.06 | 1.01 | | Arginine | 5.70 | 3.16 |
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Each value is the mean of three replications. The coefficient of variation was lower than 5%.
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