4.1 Distribution of Nutrients

For other sesame seed products see: USDA Nutrient Database
 

Nutrients: Content per 100 g
Energy 2390 kJ (565 kcal) Water 5.2 g Protein 17.7 g Lipids 50.4 g Carbohydrate 10.2 g Fiber 11.2 g Minerals 5.3 g Minerals Sodium 45 mg Potassium 460 mg Magnesium 345 mg Calcium 785 mg Iron 10 mg	Copper 1600 µg Phosphorus 605 mg Selenium 800 µg Amino Acids Arg 2200 mg His 490 mg Ile 930 mg Leu 1540 mg Lys 640 mg Met 640 mg Phe 1250 mg Thr 910 mg Trp 290 mg	Tyr 720 mg Val 1110 mg Lipids Palmitic acid 5700 mg Stearic acid 1600 mg Oleic acid 19.9 g Linolic acid 18.7 g Linoleic acid 670 mg Other Salicylic acid 230 µg

Reference: Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Lebensmittelchemie, Garching bei München (ed), Der kleine "Souci-Fachmann-Kraut" Lebensmitteltabelle für die Praxis, WVG, Stuttgart 1991

4.2 Protein Fraction
 

Proteins / Glycoproteins	Amount of total protein
Sedimentation fractions
11S globulin (alpha-globulin) [50-60 kDa] Accession No.: SWISS-PROT: Q9XHP0	60-70 % (4)
2S albumin (beta-globulin) [13 kDa] subunits of 9 and 4 kDa Accession No.: SWISS-PROT: Q9XHP1	approximately 25 % (4)
Tris-HCl buffer (pH 7.4) extract (1)
22.6 kDa 25 kDa 39.4 kDa 51.3 kDa 26.5 kDa	7.4 % 7 % 6.7 % 5.8 % 5.7 % (relative percentage, SDS-PAGE / densitometry)
Oil-body Proteins
oleosin [15 kDa] (2) Accession No.: SWISS-PROT: Q9XHP2	-
caleosin [27 kDa] (3) Accession No.: SWISS-PROT: Q9SQ57	-

 References: (1) Kolopp-Sarda et al. 1997, (2) Chen et al. 1998, (3) Chen et al. 1999, (4) Tai et al. 1999