分析了巴西和牙买加的20个栽培种木薯叶子的18种氨基酸。主要氨基酸的分析结果表明,其中只蛋氨酸比较缺乏,然而,赖氨酸值很高,这表明木薯叶蛋白质可以作为某些谷类食物的有效补充食物。老鼠拒食含有冻干而未煑过的木薯叶的饲料,即使饲料的木薯叶量低到叶蛋白质含量仅占饲料的10%,也是这样,但这显然与木薯叶的氰化物含量无关。 18 amino acids from 20 cultivated cassava leaves in Brazil and Jamaica were analyzed. The analysis of the major amino acids showed that only methionine was scarcer, however, the lysine value was high, suggesting that cassava leaf protein could be an effective supplementary food for some cereals. Mice refused to eat diets containing lyophilized but unripe cassava leaves, even though the amount of cassava leaves that were fed was as low as 10% of the dietary protein, but this was clearly not related to the cyanide content of cassava leaves.