一提起植物蛋白,人们首先想到的多半是大豆等荚果类植物。事实上,大豆种子中所含的蛋白质为其干重的35％,在常见的陆生植物中确实是首屈一指的。然而来自东非和中美洲的微型水生植物螺旋藻(Spirulina)以其极其丰富的蛋白质含量,完全压倒了素称植物蛋白之王的大豆。表1是两种常见的螺旋藻:钝顶螺旋藻(Spirulina platensis)和巨大螺旋藻(S.mazima)与常见农产品蛋白质含量的比较。 Mention the vegetable protein, most people first think of soybean and other pod plants. In fact, soy protein contains 35% of its dry weight, which is indeed second to none in common terrestrial plants. However, Spirulina, a micro-aquatic plant from East and Central America, completely overwhelms the soybeans, the king of plant proteins, with its extremely rich protein content. Table 1 shows two common spirulina species: Spirulina platensis and S. mazima compared to common agricultural protein content.