Amino Acids in Patty pan squash

The chart below shows the essential and nonessential amino acids content of patty pan squash.

Amino acids Percent Daily Value (DV) per 100 g
Tryptophan 0.009 g 1.1%
Threonine 0.025 g 1%
Isoleucine 0.037 g 1.9%
Leucine 0.061 g 1.3%
Lysine 0.057 g 1.4%
Methionine 0.015 g 0.8%
Cystine 0.011 g 0.6%
Phenylalanine 0.036 g 0.8%
Tyrosine 0.028 g 0.6%
Valine 0.047 g 1.9%
Arginine 0.044 g 0.7%
Histidine 0.022 g 1%
Alanine 0.054 g 0.8%
Aspartic acid 0.126 g 1%
Glutamic acid 0.111 g 0.8%
Glycine 0.039 g 1.1%
Proline 0.032 g 0.7%
Serine 0.042 g 0.5%

A branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) is a complex of three essential amino acids leucine (0.061 g), isoleucine (0.037 g) and valine (0.047 g). Patty pan squash contains 0.145 grams of BCAAs per every 100 grams.

Creatine can be synthesized in the body from the three common amino acids glycine (0.039 g), arginine (0.044 g) and methionine (0.015 g). Patty pan squash contains 0.098 grams of these amino acids per every 100 grams.