AMINO ACID COMPOSITION AND CONTENTS IN THE SEEDS OF LYGOS RAETAM L., L. RAETAM VAR. SARCOCARPA AND TEPHROSIA APOLLINEA.

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt

2 Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Yoyoi-cho, 1-33, Inage-ku, Chiba 263, Japan

Abstract

Protein and non-protein amino acids in aqueous ethanol extracts from the seeds of Lygos raetam (Forssk.), L. raetam var. sarcocarpa (Zho) and Tephrosia apollinea (Del.) were analyzed with an automatic amino acid analyzer. The amino acid composition and contents of these plants were described. Several uncommon non-protein amino acids were detected and determined quantitatively.