Amino Acids in Raw sweet potato

The chart below shows the essential and nonessential amino acids content of raw sweet potato.

Amino acids Percent Daily Value (DV) per 100 g
Tryptophan 0.031 g 3.9%
Threonine 0.083 g 3.5%
Isoleucine 0.055 g 2.8%
Leucine 0.092 g 2%
Lysine 0.066 g 1.6%
Methionine 0.029 g 1.6%
Cystine 0.022 g 1.2%
Phenylalanine 0.089 g 2%
Tyrosine 0.034 g 0.8%
Valine 0.086 g 3.4%
Arginine 0.055 g 0.9%
Histidine 0.031 g 1.5%
Alanine 0.077 g 1.2%
Aspartic acid 0.382 g 3.1%
Glutamic acid 0.155 g 1.1%
Glycine 0.063 g 1.8%
Proline 0.052 g 1.2%
Serine 0.088 g 1.1%

A branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) is a complex of three essential amino acids leucine (0.092 g), isoleucine (0.055 g) and valine (0.086 g). Raw sweet potato contains 0.233 grams of BCAAs per every 100 grams.

Creatine can be synthesized in the body from the three common amino acids glycine (0.063 g), arginine (0.055 g) and methionine (0.029 g). Raw sweet potato contains 0.147 grams of these amino acids per every 100 grams.