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. 2020 Aug 17;20(4):495–515. doi: 10.1007/s13596-020-00468-0

Table 2.

Amino acids and flavonols per 100 g of the edible raw portion of M. oleifera leaves

Per 100 g
Components Raw leaves
Amino acids
 Tryptophan (g) 0.144
 Threonine (g) 0.411
 Isoleucine (g) 0.451
 Leucine (g) 0.791
 Lysine (g) 0.537
 Methionine (g) 0.123
 Cystine (g) 0.140
 Phenylalanine (g) 0.487
 Tyrosine (g) 0.347
 Valine (g) 0.611
 Arginine (g) 0.532
 Histidine (g) 0.196
 Alanine (g) 0.705
 Aspartic acid (g) 0.920
 Glutamic acid (g) 1.035
 Glycine (g) 0.517
 Proline (g) 0.451
 Serine (g) 0.414
Flavonols
 Isorhamnetin (mg) 0.4
 Kaempferol (mg) 6.0
 Myricetin (mg) 0.0
 Quercetin (mg) 16.6

Information obtained from United States department of agriculture nutrient database (https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods) in June 2018