Table 5
Total amino acids of Opuntia spp. fruits
(unit: mg%)

	O. ficus-indica	O. humifusa
Asparticacid	296.62±2.74^1)b2)	324.20±0.63^a
Threonine	116.90±2.15	113.00±0.39
Serine	150.36±1.97	149.58±0.77
Glutamicacid	733.51±29.79^b	1342.93±6.99^a
Proline	172.60±8.01^b	141.97±7.79^a
Glycine	245.45±14.76	261.85±0.15
Alanine	152.86±0.83	153.10±0.40
Valine	116.79±2.91^b	132.76±0.31^a
Methionine	10.28±1.27^b	39.09±1.06^a
Isoleucine	87.33±0.82^b	97.32±0.13^a
Leucine	210.91±5.06	239.08±1.33
Tyrosine	138.49±3.09^a	87.39±4.71^b
Phenylalanine	129.46±6.43^b	143.80±0.64^a
Lysine	177.15±3.59^a	154.30±2.20^b
Histidine	87.32±0.20	88.09±1.55
Arginine	314.35±8.65^b	359.58±5.14^a
TAA³⁾	3,140.38	3,828.04
EAA⁴⁾	936.14	1,007.44
EAA/TAA(%)	29.81	26.32

¹⁾All results are expressed as mean±SD for three replicates.
²⁾Different superscripts in the same row are significantly different at p<0.05 by Duncan’s multiple range test.
³⁾Total amino acid.
⁴⁾Total essential amino acid.