Amino Acids in Ground ginger

The chart below shows the essential and nonessential amino acids content of ground ginger.

Amino acids Percent Daily Value (DV) per 100 g
Tryptophan 0.152 g 19%
Threonine 0.289 g 12%
Isoleucine 0.341 g 17.1%
Leucine 0.513 g 11.2%
Lysine 0.241 g 5.9%
Methionine 0.089 g 4.9%
Cystine 0.099 g 5.5%
Phenylalanine 0.311 g 7.1%
Tyrosine 0.243 g 5.5%
Valine 0.411 g 16.4%
Arginine 0.708 g 11.6%
Histidine 0.199 g 9.5%
Alanine 0.272 g 4.1%
Aspartic acid 1.387 g 11.4%
Glutamic acid 0.790 g 5.8%
Glycine 0.497 g 14.2%
Proline 0.334 g 7.4%
Serine 0.250 g 3%

A branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) is a complex of three essential amino acids leucine (0.513 g), isoleucine (0.341 g) and valine (0.411 g). Ground ginger contains 1.265 grams of BCAAs per every 100 grams.

Creatine can be synthesized in the body from the three common amino acids glycine (0.497 g), arginine (0.708 g) and methionine (0.089 g). Ground ginger contains 1.294 grams of these amino acids per every 100 grams.