Amino Acids in Cooked leek

The chart below shows the essential and nonessential amino acids content of cooked leek.

Amino acids Percent Daily Value (DV) per 100 g
Tryptophan 0.006 g 0.8%
Threonine 0.034 g 1.4%
Isoleucine 0.028 g 1.4%
Leucine 0.052 g 1.1%
Lysine 0.042 g 1%
Methionine 0.010 g 0.6%
Cystine 0.014 g 0.8%
Phenylalanine 0.030 g 0.7%
Tyrosine 0.022 g 0.5%
Valine 0.031 g 1.2%
Arginine 0.042 g 0.7%
Histidine 0.014 g 0.7%
Alanine 0.040 g 0.6%
Aspartic acid 0.076 g 0.6%
Glutamic acid 0.123 g 0.9%
Glycine 0.037 g 1.1%
Proline 0.036 g 0.8%
Serine 0.050 g 0.6%

A branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) is a complex of three essential amino acids leucine (0.052 g), isoleucine (0.028 g) and valine (0.031 g). Cooked leek contains 0.111 grams of BCAAs per every 100 grams.

Creatine can be synthesized in the body from the three common amino acids glycine (0.037 g), arginine (0.042 g) and methionine (0.010 g). Cooked leek contains 0.089 grams of these amino acids per every 100 grams.