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essential amino acid , essential amino acid An amino acid that an organism is unable to synthesize in sufficient quantities. It must therefore be present in the diet. In hu… Threonine , threonine An essential amino acid. It was the last of the protein amino acids to be discovered, in 1935, in studies of nitrogen balance on subjects f… Arachidonic Acid , arachidonic acid A polyunsaturated fatty acid, CH3(CH2)3(CH2CH:CH)4(CH2)3COOH, that is essential for growth in mammals (see eicosanoid). It can be sy… Lipoic Acid , lipoic acid Chemically, dithio‐octanoic acid, a coenzyme (together with vitamin B1) in the metabolism of pyruvate and in the citric acid cycle. Altho… Isoleucine , isoleucine (I-soh-loo-seen) n. an essential amino acid. See also amino acid.
isoleucine An essential amino acid, rarely limiting in food; one of the… valine , valine (vay-leen) n. an essential amino acid. See also amino acid.
valine An aliphatic, non-polar, alpha-amino acid.
valine An essential amino acid,…
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