ISOLEUCINE: In the CRC Handbook of Phytochemical Constituents,

sunflower tops the chart for isoleucine, at 4.6%, followed by blackbean

sprouts at 2.0, soy at 1.9, jute greens, lablab, lupine and taro leaves at 1.8,
spinach and wheat at 1.7, carob, lambsquarter, pea velvetbean and
wingedbean at 1.6, asparagus, butterbeans and chives at 1.5%, fenugreek,
greengram, lentil, lettuce, pigweed, pumpkinseed, sesame, swamp cabbage,
and tepary at 1.4% on a rounded and calculated Zero Moisture Basis (ZMB).
Zello et al (1995) suggest a requirement of 10 mg/kg/day isoleucine for
adults, based on nitrogen-balance studies, but they maintain that such
estimates are too low.