Table 2. Amino acid composition of fresh and boiled bamboo shoots

Amino acid (mg/100 g, db1))	Bambusa beecheyana		Dendrocalamus latiflorus
	Fresh	Boiled	Fresh	Boiled
Aspartic acid	282.0±1.42)a3)	265.5±0.7b	116.5±5.0c	121.0±4.2c
Glutamic acid	255.5±9.2a	229.5±0.7b	116.0±4.2c	118.0±2.8c
Serine	33.5±0.7c	41.5±2.1b	47.5±0.7a	47.5±2.1a
Threonine	58.5±2.1a	61.5±0.7a	44.5±0.7b	44.0±1.4b
Histidine	45.0±0.0a	31.5±0.7b	27.0±0.0c	21.0±0.0d
Glycine	91.5±3.5a	88.5±0.7a	52.5±0.7b	50.0±1.4b
Alanine	100.5±5.0a	73.0±1.4b	73.5±2.1b	61.5±2.1c
Arginine	103.5±6.4a	101.0±1.4a	64.5±2.1b	57.5±3.5b
Tyrosine	30.0±0.0b	31.5±0.7b	30.5±0.7b	33.0±1.4a
Valine	104.0±2.8a	103.0±0.0a	53.5±0.7c	58.5±0.7b
Methionine	14.0±0.0a	13.5±0.7a	10.0±0.0b	14.0±0.0a
Cystine	25.0±0.0a	24.0±1.4a	19.5±0.7b	21.5±0.7b
Isoleucine	58.5±2.1a	61.5±0.7a	31.5±2.1c	38.0±2.8b
Phenylalanine	67.0±0.0b	76.5±2.1a	33.5±0.7d	40.0±1.4c
Tryptophan	20.5±0.7a	19.5±0.7a	10.5±0.7b	11.0±0.0b
Leucine	99.5±0.7b	126.0±0.0a	55.5±2.1d	64.0±1.4c
Lysine	122.0±4.2a	128.0±1.4a	57.5±2.1b	58.0±1.4b
Proline	99.0±0.0b	110.5±2.1a	80.0±1.4d	87.0±0.0c
Total	1,609.5	1,586.00	924.00	945.5
EAA (%)4)	36.60	39.16	35.01	36.86
NEAA (%)5)	63.40	60.84	64.99	63.14
EAA/NEAA	0.58	0.64	0.54	0.58
NCF6)	6.19	6.27	6.06	6.26

db, dry basis.
All values are mean±SD (n=2).
Different superscript letters (^a-d) in the same row indicate significant differences at p<0.05 by Duncan’s multiple range test.
EAA, essential amino acids.
NEAA, non-essential amino acids.
NCF, nitrogen-to-protein conversion factor.