Maize is pellagragenic due to excess content of
Amino acid imbalance caused by an excess of leucine is the cause of pellagra in maize (also jowar), eaters.Excess of leucine appears to interfere in the conversion of tryptophan to niacin.Park 23e pg: 619
Lysine
Threonine
Leucine
Tryptophan
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