VProtein: identifying optimal amino acid complements from plant-based foods.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Indispensible amino acids (IAAs) are used by the body in different proportions. Most animal-based foods provide these IAAs in roughly the needed proportions, but many plant-based foods provide different proportions of IAAs. To explore how these plant-based foods can be better used in human nutrition, we have created the computational tool vProtein to identify optimal food complements to satisfy human protein needs.

Methods

vProtein uses 1251 plant-based foods listed in the United States Department of Agriculture standard release 22 database to determine the quantity of each food or pair of foods required to satisfy human IAA needs as determined by the 2005 daily recommended intake. The quantity of food in a pair is found using a linear programming approach that mi

SUBMITTER: Woolf PJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3081312 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature