Amino acid composition of Tetracarpidium conophorum

The amino acids content of conophor nut (Tetracarpidum conophorum) was determined. The total essential amino acids (TEAA) was 274mg/g crude protein out of a total amino acids of 573mg/g. The most concentrated amino acid was glutamic acid (134mg/g). Leucine has the lowest essential amino acid score of 0.32 thereby making it the first limiting amino acid. Isoleucine had the highest level of score (0.80) followed by lysine with a score of 0.70. The leucine/isoleucine ratio was 0.71. Since most of the essential amino acids were high, it could serve as a food supplement.