@article{ajfst2016421,
author={{Bouba, Armand Abdou and Ponka, Roger and Augustin, Goudoum and Yanou, Nicolas Njintang and El-Sayed, Mehanni Abul-Hamd and Montet, Didier and Scher, Jo?l and Mbofung, Carl Moses},
title={Amino Acid and Fatty Acid Profile of Twenty Wild Plants Used as Spices in Cameroon},
journal={American Journal of Food Science and Technology},
volume={4},
number={2},
pages={29--37},
year={2016},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajfst/4/2/1},
issn={2333-4835},
abstract={The amino acids and fatty acids of twenty wild plants used as spices which were collected in Cameroon were investigated. The most important of total non-essential amino acids (TNEAA) contents have been found in A. <i>daniellii</i> (52.04%), <i>C.</i> <i>frutescens</i> (50.53%), <i>D. psilurus</i> (56.22%), <i>H. gabonii</i> (fruit) (58.81%), <i>P. brazzeana</i> (59.11%), <i>S. melongena</i> (59.78 %) and <i>X. aethiopica</i> (56.78%), respectively. Concerning the levels of the essential amino acids (EAA), all had EAA contents of at least 30% except <i>E. giganteus</i> (17.85 %), <i>S. melongena</i> (27.05 %), and <i>T. tetraptera</i> (15.85 %). For WHO protein standard, Lysine was considered as the first limiting amino acid (LAA) for <i>A. daniellii</i> (1.54%), <i>P. brazzeana</i> (16.35%) and <i>S. striatinux</i> (40.19 %). In addition, Meth+Cys were the second LAA for <i>D. psilurus</i>, <i>E. giganteus</i>, <i>S. melongena</i>, <i>S. zenkeri</i> (fruit), <i>T. tetraptera</i>, <i>X. aethiopica</i> (non detected); <i>H. gabonii</i> (fruit) (29.2%), <i>M. myristica</i> (6%), <i>M. whitei</i> (8.8 %) and <i>P. guineense</i> (39.2%), respectively. Spices which contained a large amounts of the essential fatty acids (¦Ø ¨C 3) were found in <i>C. frutescens</i> (31.98%), <i>F. leprieuri</i> (40.07 %), <i>H. gabonii</i> (fruit) (34.84 %), <i>M. whitei</i> (54.77%), <i>P. umbellatum</i> (39.25%), <i>S. melongena</i> (34.23%), <i>S. zenkeri</i> (fruit) (35.68%), and <i>T. tetraptera</i> (33.64%), respectively. Furthermore, (¦Ø ¨C 6) were found in <i>D. psilurus</i> (49.29%), <i>H gabonii</i> (bark) (47.91%) and <i>F. xanthoxyloides</i> (43.79%). In addition, (C22: 6n3) were <i>S. zenkeri</i> (bark) (20.45%) and <i>X. aethiopica </i>(30.10 %). These results show that tropical edible plants could contribute significantly to the diets of indigenous population in sub-Saharan Africa and should provide their public health.},
doi={10.12691/ajfst-4-2-1}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}