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Table 2 Amino acid abundance in resistant starch from potato and green banana sources

From: Increasing levels of Parasutterella in the gut microbiome correlate with improving low-density lipoprotein levels in healthy adults consuming resistant potato starch during a randomised trial

Amino Acid

Resistant Potato Starch

Green Banana Starch

Alanine

ND

0.16

Arginine

ND

0.21

Aspartic Acid

ND

0.59

Cystine

ND

ND

Glutamic Acid

ND

0.56

Glycine

ND

0.14

Histidine

ND

0.13

Isoleucine

ND

0.10

Leucine

ND

0.19

Lysine

ND

0.14

Methionine

ND

0.04

Phenylalanine

ND

0.13

Proline

ND

0.15

Serine

ND

0.14

Taurine

ND

0.05

Threonine

ND

0.11

Tryptophan

0.05

0.08

Tyrosine

ND

0.08

Valine

ND

0.14

Total

0.05

3.14

  1. Amino acids measured using the AOAC 982.30 methodology. All values are reported as g/100 g. The reportable detection limit for each amino acid is 0.01 g/100 g. ND Not detected