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Amino acid profile in cassava and its interspecific hybrid

N. M. A. Nassar and Sousa, M. V., Amino acid profile in cassava and its interspecific hybrid, vol. 6, pp. 292-297, 2007.

Cassava roots have a low-protein content (0.7-2%). Amino acids such as lysine and methionine are also low, and some research reports have indicated the absence of methionine. The amino acid profiles of a common cassava cultivar and an interspecific hybrid, namely ICB 300, were determined using the computerized amino acid analyzer Hitachi L-8500. The interspecific hybrid has 10 times more lysine and 3 times more methionine than the common cassava cultivar: lysine content was 0.010 g per 100 g in the common cassava cultivar while it reached 0.098 in the interspecific hybrid.

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