Amino Acids in Pinto beans sprouts

The chart below shows the essential and nonessential amino acids content of pinto beans sprouts.

Amino acids Percent Daily Value (DV) per 100 g
Tryptophan 0.055 g 6.9%
Threonine 0.220 g 9.2%
Isoleucine 0.233 g 11.7%
Leucine 0.377 g 8.2%
Lysine 0.299 g 7.3%
Methionine 0.055 g 3.1%
Cystine 0.060 g 3.3%
Phenylalanine 0.265 g 6%
Tyrosine 0.181 g 4.1%
Valine 0.270 g 10.8%
Arginine 0.286 g 4.7%
Histidine 0.147 g 7%
Alanine 0.218 g 3.3%
Aspartic acid 0.682 g 5.6%
Glutamic acid 0.640 g 4.7%
Glycine 0.181 g 5.2%
Proline 0.212 g 4.7%
Serine 0.281 g 3.4%

A branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) is a complex of three essential amino acids leucine (0.377 g), isoleucine (0.233 g) and valine (0.270 g). Pinto beans sprouts contain 0.88 grams of BCAAs per every 100 grams.

Creatine can be synthesized in the body from the three common amino acids glycine (0.181 g), arginine (0.286 g) and methionine (0.055 g). Pinto beans sprouts contain 0.522 grams of these amino acids per every 100 grams.