OIL AND PROTEIN CONTENTS IN DIFFERENT COLOUR SEEDS OF FOUR SPECIES OF AMARANTHUS L.
HOLUBOVA, K., ŠKARKOVA, L.
Abstract
Four major species of the genus Amaranthus L 'were
evaluated. It concerned A. cruentus L, A. caudatus L, A. hypochondriacus (L)
Thell and A. paniculatus L, which all were grown in the trial fields of the
Czech Agricultural University in Prague in the year 1999. Different colour seeds
were selected for being analysed. The seeds were examined in terms of a water
content, a crude protein content, an oil content and a fatty acids' composition.
The average value of seed moisture was 5.89%, the oil content varied from 5.42
to 7.21%, and the crude protein content varied between 16.21 and 18.38%. Black
colour seeds of A. paniculatus showed the lowest average oil content and the
highest protein content.
Key words:
amaranth seeds, oil content, crude protein content,
ammo acids' composition