Understanding the Antinutritional Factors and Bioactive Compounds of Kodo Millet (Paspalum scrobiculatum) and Little Millet (Panicum sumatrense)

Table 3

Amino acid profile of millets compared to cereals.

Cereals and millets	Parameters
	Arginine (mg)	Tryptophan (g)	Histidine (g)	Phenylalanine (g)	Lysine (g)	Tyrosine (g)	Cystine (g)	Threonine (g)	Valine (g)	Leucine (g)	Isoleucine (g)	Methionine (g)	Glutamic acid (g)
Kodo millet	3.18 g	1.32	2.14	6.27	1.42	—	1.92	3.89	5.49	11.96	4.55	2.69	18.25
Kutki/little millet	5.96 g	1.35	2.35	6.14	2.42	—	1.85	4.24	5.31	8.08	4.14	2.21	20.22
Proso millet	290	50 mg	110 mg	310 mg	190 mg	—	—	150 mg	410 mg	760 mg	410 mg	160 mg
Finger millet	300	100 mg	130 mg	310 mg	220 mg	220 mg	140 mg	240 mg	480 mg	690 mg	400 mg	210 mg
Foxtail millet	220	60 mg	130 mg	420 mg	140 mg	—	100 mg	190 mg	430 mg	1040 mg	480 mg	180 mg
Barnyard millet	270	50 mg	120 mg	430 mg	150 mg	—	110 mg	200 mg	410 mg	650 mg	360 mg	180 mg
Pearl millet	300	110 mg	140 mg	290 mg	190 mg	200 mg	110 mg	240 mg	330 mg	750 mg	260 mg	150 mg
Whole wheat flour	290	0.99	2.56	5.03	2.42		2.24	2.58	5.12	6.13	3.78	1.77	29.61
Rice (raw) milled	480	1.27	2.45	5.36	3.7		1.84	3.28	6.06	8.09	4.29	2.6	18.92

Source: Gopalan et al. [13]; Geervani and Eggum [14]; Longvah et al. [15].