Amino Acids in Honeydew melon

The chart below shows the essential and nonessential amino acids content of honeydew melon.

Amino acids Percent Daily Value (DV) per 100 g
Tryptophan 0.005 g 0.6%
Threonine 0.013 g 0.5%
Isoleucine 0.013 g 0.7%
Leucine 0.016 g 0.3%
Lysine 0.018 g 0.4%
Methionine 0.005 g 0.3%
Cystine 0.005 g 0.3%
Phenylalanine 0.015 g 0.3%
Tyrosine 0.010 g 0.2%
Valine 0.018 g 0.7%
Arginine 0.014 g 0.2%
Histidine 0.005 g 0.2%
Alanine 0.044 g 0.7%
Aspartic acid 0.088 g 0.7%
Glutamic acid 0.153 g 1.1%
Glycine 0.016 g 0.5%
Proline 0.012 g 0.3%
Serine 0.023 g 0.3%

A branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) is a complex of three essential amino acids leucine (0.016 g), isoleucine (0.013 g) and valine (0.018 g). Honeydew melon contains 0.047 grams of BCAAs per every 100 grams.

Creatine can be synthesized in the body from the three common amino acids glycine (0.016 g), arginine (0.014 g) and methionine (0.005 g). Honeydew melon contains 0.035 grams of these amino acids per every 100 grams.