Amino acid and fatty acid composition of Alysicarpus longifolius seeds

Abstract

Dried seeds of A. longifolius yielded 31.8% protein and 8.4% lipid. The amino acid compn. was marked by high levels of glutamic acid [56-86-0], aspartic acid [56-84-8], arginine [74-79-3], and leucine [61-90-5]. The major fatty acid was palmitic acid [57-10-3] (49.1% of total fatty acids); 66.4% of the fatty acids were satd