Production and composition of Pleurotus ostreatus cultivated on Lithovit®-Amino25 supplemented spent substrate

AMB Express

Table 10 Protein content and amino acid profile of mushrooms (dry basis, % of total amino acids)

	C0t0	C1t1	C1t2	C2t1	C2t2	C1t3	C2t3	P _value
Essential amino acids
Threonine	0.96b	1.08d	0.93a	0.94ab	1.03c	0.96b	1.04c	0.00
Valine	0.86bc	0.91d	0.76a	0.83b	0.87c	0.74a	0.75a	0.00
Isoleucine	0.66cd	0.69e	0.58a	0.63bc	0.66d	0.57a	0.61b	0.00
Leucine	1.11c	1.19e	1.01a	1.00a	1.14d	1.04b	1.06b	0.00
Phenylalanine	0.68ab	0.76b	0.66a	0.69ab	0.72ab	0.71ab	0.68a	ns
Histidine	2.77a	4.22f	4.35g	3.93c	4.05d	3.65b	4.19e	0.00
Lysine	0.91bc	0.94c	0.87ab	0.84a	0.90bc	0.89b	0.92bc	0.00
Methionine	0.27a	0.29a	0.26a	0.30ab	0.28a	0.28a	0.33b	0.00
Non-essential amino acids
Aspartic acid	1.70a	1.98d	1.71a	1.79b	1.90c	1.77ab	2.05d	0.00
Serine	0.85a	1.06c	0.95abc	0.90ab	1.02bc	0.96abc	1.02bc	ns
Glutamic acid	4.21c	4.69e	3.51a	3.95b	4.49d	4.41d	5.34f	0.00
Proline	0.66ab	0.82c	0.65a	0.70abc	0.78bc	0.66ab	0.80c	ns
Glycine	0.82ab	0.90c	0.77a	0.78a	0.86ab	0.76a	0.83ab	0.00
Alanine	1.69b	2.19f	1.92d	1.81c	2.10e	1.40a	1.72b	0.00
Arginine	1.59e	1.48c	1.47c	1.53d	1.42b	1.29a	1.39b	0.00
Cystine + cysteine	0.15a	0.25c	0.24c	0.15a	0.24c	0.18b	0.17b	0.00
Protein (% dry weight)
Protein	2.92d	2.95d	2.82c	3.25a	2.23a	2.24a	2.64b	0.00

Values are means; means within the same row followed by the same letters are not significantly different at P < 0.05 according to Duncan’s multiple range test, ns: non-significant difference