Diversity of Mushrooms and Their Metabolites of Nutraceutical and Therapeutic Significance

Table 6

Essential amino acid (EAA) composition of some important edible mushrooms.

Mushroom species	Valine	Leucine	Isoleucine	Threonine	Methionine	Lysine	Phenylalanine	Tryptophan	References
Agaricus bisporus	2.5	7.5	4.5	5.5	0.9	9.1	4.2	2.0	[48]
Lentinus edodes	3.7	7.9	4.9	5.9	1.9	3.9	5.9	Nd	[48]
Pleurotus florida	6.9	7.5	5.2	6.1	3.0	9.9	3.5	1.1	[48]
Volvariella diplasia	9.7	5.0	7.8	6.0	1.2	6.1	7.0	1.5	[48]
Volvariella volvacea	5.4	4.5	3.4	3.5	1.1	7.1	2.6	1.5	[48]
Cantharellus cibarius	3.5	16.3	3.3	4.2	1.0	4.3	3.2	1.7	[49]
Tricholoma portentosum	7.8	9.4	3.7	9.5	3.0	8.6	4.4	1.0	[50]
Tricholoma terreum	8.9	8.2	3.6	9.1	3.5	7.6	6.6	1.1	[50]
Pleurotus ostreatus	0.91	1.13	0.62	1.10	0.28	0.71	0.73	0.15	[51]
Pleurotus sajor-caju	0.98	1.3	0.75	0.98	0.34	0.78	0.86	0.09	[51]
Lactarius quieticolor	41.9	4611	71.7	80.2	67.2	24.6	0.1	—	[52]
Gomphus floccosus	10.5	22.7	5.0	17.7	57.2	14.3	0.2	—	[52]
Ramaria brevispora	16.3	22.3	0.2	24.6	16.2	39.8	5.4	—	[52]
Coprinopsis cinerea	0.5	248	0	21	0.6	1.4	0	—	[52]

Note: data presented as grams of amino acid per 100 grams of sample.
Values are expressed on dry weight basis (µg/100 grams of sample).
Nd = not determined.