Plantain based dough meal: nutritional property, antioxidant activity and dyslipidemia ameliorating potential in high-fat induced rats

Clinical Phytoscience

International Journal of Phytomedicine and Phytotherapy

Table 2 Amino acid profile (g/100 g protein) of plantain, soycake, rice bran and oat bran flour and control sample

Amino Acids	100% Plantain	PCS	PSR	PSO	PSRO	Cerolina	*Adult	*Children
Non Essential Amino Acids (NEAAs)
Glycine	3.97^d	4.49^c	4.48^c	4.48^c	4.62^b	4.88^a	–	–
Alanine	3.73^f	4.46^d	4.48^c	4.44^e	4.50^b	5.14^a	–	–
Serine	5.24^f	5.51^b	5.33^e	5.48^c	5.45^d	5.66^a	–	–
Proline	7.45^a	5.05^d	5.07^c	5.09^b	5.10^b	4.04^e	–	–
Aspartic	9.44^f	12.40^b	12.36^c	11.96^e	12.07^d	14.91^a	–	–
Cysteine	1.59^a	1.07^f	1.16^e	1.32^c	1.21^d	1.35^b	–	–
Glutamic	24.32^a	17.94^d	17.87^e	18.28^b	18.15^c	15.13^f	–	–
Tyrosine	2.80^e	3.27^d	3.41^c	3.46^a	3.28^d	3.44^b	–	–
Arginine	5.91^f	7.23^b	7.18^c	7.16^d	7.05^e	8.18^a	–	–
∑NEAAs	65.13^a	62.25^c	61.99^e	62.22^d	62.26^c	62.94^b	–	–
Essential Amino Acids (EAAs)
Phenylalanine	5.12^c	5.10^d	5.17^b	5.18^b	5.22^a	4.62^e	2.50	6.90
Histidine	1.93^e	2.46^b	2.43^c	2.40^d	2.41^d	3.97^a	–	1.00
Methionine	1.52^b	1.26^f	1.41^d	1.47^c	1.37^e	1.63^a	1.50	2.70
Valine	4.55^e	5.00^b	4.97^d	4.97^d	5.06^a	4.99^c	2.60	3.80
Tryptophan	1.22^d	1.33^b	1.31^c	1.37^a	1.23^e	1.22^e	0.40	1.25
Threonine	3.48^f	4.10^b	4.07^c	4.01^d	4.13^a	3.66^e	1.50	3.70
Isoleucine	4.19^c	4.50^b	4.49^b	4.49^b	4.53^a	3.53^d	2.00	3.10
Leucine	7.34^d	7.73^a	7.72^a	7.64^c	7.70^b	6.61^e	3.90	7.30
Lysine	4.76^f	6.05^a	6.02^b	5.78^d	5.85^c	5.67^e	3.00	6.40
∑EAAs	34.87^e	37.75^c	38.01^a	37.78^b	37.74^c	37.06^d	–	–
TAAs	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00

Key: 100% Plantain flour; PSC: Plantain: Soycake (70:30%); PSR: Plantain: Soycake: Rice bran (65:30:5%); PSO: Plantain: Soycake: Oat bran (65:30:5%); PSRO: Plantain: Soycake: Rice bran: Oat bran (60:30:5:5); Cerolina: a commercial flour meal; NEAAs Non-essential amino acids, EAAs Essential amino acids, TAAs Total amino acids
*RDA of essential amino acids ((mg/100 gb.w)) for Adult and Children (< 5 yrs.) [119, 120]