Abstract
The eighteen amino acids were determined by microbiological analysis on proteins, namely, albumin, globulin, prolamin and glutelin, obtained from the seeds of oat and ragi belonging to family Gramineae.
The protein fractions were found to differ from each other in their amino acid composition. Especially prolamin contained more glutamic acid, leucine and proline and less glycine, aspartic acid, lysine and arginine than those in other protein fractions. When compared oat belonging to subfamily Pooideae with ragi to subfamily Eragrostoideae in amino acid content of prolamin, the latter was high in alanine, aspartic acid, histidine, tyrosine, serine and threonine and low in basic amino acids and cystine. However, albumin, globulin and glutelin gave no remarkable difference in amino acid composition between the two cereals.
