Protein and amino acid compositions of Malaysian vegetables

Zanariah J., . and Noor Rehan A., . and Rosnah O., . Protein and amino acid compositions of Malaysian vegetables. pp. 140-147. ISSN 0126-5709

Information on amino acid composition of our Malaysian vegetables is meagre. It is of great value to have a complete account of protein and amino acid composition of these vegetables. Forty-three types of Malaysian vegetables were analysed for their protein and amino acid contents. They included common leafy vegetables like Chinese mustard Chinese cabbage celery and water convolvulus and fruit vegetables such as cucumber eggplant brinjal and gourd. Analyses were also carried out on traditional vegetables like fern shoot kaduk cemperai maman jering and petai. The Technicon Sequential Multisampler Amino Acid Analyser System was used to detect and determine the quantitative values of amino acids. From the results obtained many of the traditional vegetables were found to have high amount of protein and amino acids e.g. cekur manis papaya shoot cemperai sesbania petai jering and fern shoot. Some of them were even superior in their protein and amino acid contents compared with the common vegetables

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Information on amino acid composition of our Malaysian vegetables is meagre. It is of great value to have a complete account of protein and amino acid composition of these vegetables. Forty-three types of Malaysian vegetables were analysed for their protein and amino acid contents. They included common leafy vegetables like Chinese mustard Chinese cabbage celery and water convolvulus and fruit vegetables such as cucumber eggplant brinjal and gourd. Analyses were also carried out on traditional vegetables like fern shoot kaduk cemperai maman jering and petai. The Technicon Sequential Multisampler Amino Acid Analyser System was used to detect and determine the quantitative values of amino acids. From the results obtained many of the traditional vegetables were found to have high amount of protein and amino acids e.g. cekur manis papaya shoot cemperai sesbania petai jering and fern shoot. Some of them were even superior in their protein and amino acid contents compared with the common vegetables

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Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	5 tables; 14 ref. Summaries (En Malay)
AGROVOC Term:	BRASSICA CHINENSIS
AGROVOC Term:	CUCUMIS SATIVUS
AGROVOC Term:	DAUCUS CAROTA
AGROVOC Term:	MALASIA/ CONTENIDO PROTEICO
AGROVOC Term:	AMINOACIDOS
Depositing User:	Ms. Norfaezah Khomsan
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 05:53
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/18576

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