Table 5
Amino acid contents in Solanum nigrum depending on harvest time (mg%)

Amino acids	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
Aspartic acid	9.85±2.301)	14.32±4.35	54.28±8.50	48.63±8.30	28.10±2.36	54.40±6.88	46.05±3.28	34.31±2.65
Serine	137.48±22.65	229.61±21.36	423.00±36.57	327.51±46.32	132.04±21.42	209.56±26.30	44.75±2.50	54.74±8.32
Glutamic acid	55.75±6.22	41.14±9.52	94.84±6.30	89.38±8.90	34.78±12.12	107.55±10.62	77.64±4.64	34.13±1.50
Glycine	50.50±6.94	50.82±7.38	26.36±4.82	28.62±5.63	9.00±3.55	7.87±0.34	20.15±1.85	3.80±0.08
Histidine	180.52±22.64	230.56±27.56	144.32±12.65	132.68±20.64	110.14±13.36	122.38±10.54	13.34±2.00	15.94±3.36
Arginine	71.88±18.02	95.37±18.24	35.74±6.71	27.39±4.56	46.17±6.40	34.42±3.62	35.84±3.42	12.41±1.28
Threonine	42.82±5.71	54.37±11.16	23.17±2.33	16.60±1.60	25.44±2.22	19.75±4.80	19.49±2.18	7.88±0.50
Alanine	103.28±16.66	120.79±8.66	72.68±10.10	43.34±6.80	46.56±4.34	73.86±6.32	74.95±6.02	19.37±2.70
Proline	170.60±13.20	250.35±17.01	76.49±13.23	52.17±15.36	143.87±15.34	67.14±7.20	30.63±1.64	188.38±22.40
Cystine	31.92±2.88	39.87±4.36	20.61±3.66	15.82±3.45	7.44±1.80	8.27±1.04	2.19±0.12	3.41±0.08
Tyrosine	90.40±15.42	101.15±7.65	36.60±8.54	37.65±7.32	20.63±2.66	7.11±1.46	8.92±2.82	2.96±0.10
Valine	109.34±11.55	141.48±33.66	90.06±10.50	79.21±10.70	47.96±3.48	32.66±3.05	46.21±3.64	16.04±3.64
Methionine	35.52±4.85	38.69±5.90	20.31±2.42	20.40±4.88	8.84±1.40	6.50±0.22	6.95±1.42	2.05±0.08
Lysine	70.29±12.74	95.46±12.12	33.41±7.02	16.34±0.94	32.69±3.86	23.35±3.10	27.62±2.94	7.84±1.54
Isoleucine	76.36±7.68	92.20±14.30	61.16±8.08	58.72±6.38	34.65±3.30	23.34±4.68	31.82±2.54	9.68±0.76
Leucine	136.23±8.65	157.49±15.80	89.37±16.30	70.63±9.42	52.96±4.05	38.31±2.10	48.76±6.12	13.59±1.30
Phenylalanine	138.76±17.20	175.39±26.61	109.03±18.54	102.83±8.54	32.19±5.08	18.43±4.28	29.40±3.44	7.47±0.65
TAA2)	1,511.49	1,929.05	1,411.42	1,065.09	813.46	854.90	562.51	434.00
EAA3)	789.83	985.64	570.82	497.41	344.87	284.73	223.58	80.50
EAA/TAA (%)	52.26	51.09	40.44	42.59	42.40	33.31	39.75	18.55

Each value represents the mean±SD of three determinations.
TAA, total amino acids.
EAA, total essential amino acid.