Food Value of Two Varieties of Ginger (Zingiber officinale) Commonly Consumed in Nigeria

Table 5

Amino acid composition of two varieties of ginger (Zingiber Officinale) (mg/100 g protein).

Amino acids	White type	Yellow type
Lysine^a (Lys)	2.70	15.90
Histidine (His)	10.40	5.00
Arginine^a (Arg)	41.40	26.80
Aspartic acid (Asp)	29.80	31.60
Threonine^a (Thre)	9.10	23.20
Serine (Ser)	23.10	10.20
Glutamic acid (Glu)	56.80	35.80
Proline (Pro)	15.00	8.10
Glycine (Gly)	22.60	17.10
Alanine (Ala)	10.60	9.90
Cystine (Cys)	4.60	4.60
Valine^a (Val)	22.00	23.70
Methionine^a (Met)	5.70	4.70
Isoleucine^a (Ile)	10.70	10.40
Leucine^a (Leu)	42.00	56.00
Tyrosine (Tyr)	11.10	14.20
Phenylalanine^a (Phe)	10.00	27.40

aEssential amino acids.