Amino Acid Analyses of Plant Foods Used in the Dietary Management of Inherited Amino Acid Disorders.

ABSTRACT: A low amino acid (AA)/protein diet is the principal treatment for many inherited amino acid disorders (IMDs). Due to their low AA content, plant foods constitute an essential part of diet therapy. However, data on their AA composition are limited, which leads to an estimation of AA intake from protein content rather than an accurate calculation of true AA intake. This study describes the AA content of a total of 73 plant foods (fruits, n = 12; vegetables, n = 51; and other plant foods, n = 10), with the analysis commissioned by the UK National Society for Phenylketonuria (NSPKU) over 15 years. For all fruits and some vegetables (e.g., rocket, watercress and pea shoots), raw samples were used during analysis. All other vegetables were cooked prior to analysis to represe

SUBMITTER: Ford S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10222841 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature