AMINO-ACID CONTENT OF FOODS AND BIOLOGICAL DATA ON PROTEINS

Part I, Section I

2. Starchy roots, tubers (concluded) — Racines féculentes, tubercules (fin) — Raíces amiláceas y tubérculos (conclusión)

Item No.	Food	Moisture (g/100 g)	Nitrogen (g/100 g)	Conversion factor (N)	Protein (g/100 g)	Protein calorie percent	Results expressed as	Isoleucine	Leucine	Lysine	Methionine	Cystine	Total S-cont. am. ac.	Phenylalanine	Tyrosine	Total aromatic am. ac.	Threonine	Tryptophan	Valine	Arginine	Histidine	Alanine	Aspartic acid	Glutamic acid	Glycine	Proline	Serine	Total essential am. ac.	Total amino acids	Chemical score (egg)			Aliment	Alimento	Item No.
																														(1)	(2)
																														A/E	A/T	Limit. am. ac.
		(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)		(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(9 + 10)	(11)	(12)	(11 + 12)	(13)	(14)	(15)	(16)	(17)	(18)	(19)	(20)	(21)	(22)	(23)	(24)	(25)	(26)	(27)	(28)
38	Tacca (Tacca leontopetaloides) Fiji-arrowroot																																Arrow-root polynésien		38
	(CC)						A	200	406	312	125	-	-	212	181	393	181	50	325	869	125	244	525	794	244	169	281	-	-
	No. of samples							1	1	1	1			1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	(E.P.)	68.8	0.26	6.25	^b1.6	3.7	B	52	106	81	32	-	-	55	47	102	47	13	84	226	32	63	136	206	63	44	73	-	-

39	Taro (Colocasia esculenta)																																Taro	Ñampí	39
	(CC)						A	219	460	241	84	163	247	316	226	542	257	88	382	557	110	344	788	732	331	276	413	2436	5987	70	53	Is
	No. of samples							2	2	2	2	2		2	2		2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
	(E.P.)	72.5	0.29	6.25	^a1.8	4.4	B	64	133	70	24	47	72	92	66	158	74	26	111	162	32	100	228	212	96	80	120	707	1737		60	Ly
	(M)						A	325	556	363	70	-	-	325	-	-	294	114	375	388	113	-	-	-	-	-	-
	No. of samples							1	1	2	2			1			1	2	1	1	1
							B											33

40	Tigernut (Cyperus esculentus)																																Souchet comestible	Chufa	40
	(CC)						A	188	356	312	62	75	137	212	131	343	238	63	325	950	106	350	444	612	287	250	219	1962	5180	65	40	S-c
	No. of samples							1	1	1	1	1		1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	(E.P.)	36.5	0.56	6.25	^b3.5	3.2	B	105	199	175	35	42	77	119	73	192	133	35	182	532	59	196	249	343	161	140	123	1098	2901		45	Is

41	Whitespot giant arum(Amorphophallus campanulatus)																																Tève		41
	(M)	-	-	-	-	-	A	313	369	275	65	-	-	388	-	-	281	39	313	700	99	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	No. of samples							1	1	1	1			1			1	1	1	1	1

42	Yam (Dioscorea spp.)M																																Igname	Ñame	42
	(CC)						A	234	404	256	100	72	172	300	201	501	225	80	291	477	118	265	691	777	220	249	330	2163	5291	75	50	S-c
	No. of samples							13	13	13	13	11		13	13		13	3	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	11	13
	(E.P.)	72.4	0.38	6.25	^a2.4	0.6	B	89	154	97	38	27	65	114	76	190	86	30	110	181	45	101	262	295	84	95	125	821	2009		56	Is
	(M)						A	-	-	295	100	-	-	-	-	-	-	103	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	No. of samples									3	3							3

43	Yautia (Xanthosoma spp.)																																Macabo	Malanga	43
	(CC)						A	169	353	201	53	175	228	275	176	451	185	87	319	438	91	266	666	606	282	229	310	1993	4881	66	41	Is
	No. of samples							2	2	2	2	1		2	2		2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
	(E.P.)	64.4	0.35	6.25	^b2.2	4.5	B	59	124	70	18	61	79	96	62	158	65	30	112	153	32	93	233	212	99	80	108	697	1707		50	Ly
	(M)						A	-	-	246	57	-	-	-	-	-	-	84	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	No. of samples									1	1							1