title: Nonprotein amino acids in edible lentil and garden pea seedlings.
abstract: Commercial edible seedlings of garden pea (Pisum sativum L.) and lentil (Lens culinaris L.) contain high concentration of nonprotein amino acids and trigonelline. Both seedlings grown in the laboratory or purchased in a supermarket were studied by HPLC. Samples from both origins contained trigonelline, alpha-aminoadipic acid, homoserine, beta-(isoxazolin-5-on-2-yl)-alanine (BIA), and gamma-glutamyl-BIA. Garden pea seedlings also contained a uracil-alanine derivative (isowillardiine) in substantial amount. Some of these compounds such as BIA and alpha-aminoadipic acid have neurotoxic activity.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Physiological Chemistry, University of Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rozan
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Kuo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lambein
mesh_terms: D015074:2-Aminoadipic Acid / Q000032:analysis; D000409:Alanine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000032:analysis; D000470:Alkaloids / Q000032:analysis; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D007887:Fabaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D006714:Homoserine / Q000032:analysis; D018532:Pisum sativum / Q000737:chemistry*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D012639:Seeds / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D000596:Amino Acids; D015074:2-Aminoadipic Acid; C002871:isowillardiine; C009560:trigonelline; D006714:Homoserine; D000409:Alanine