essential amino acid
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1. an amino acid that is required by animals but that they cannot synthesize; must be supplied in the diet (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | amino acid, aminoalkanoic acid, |
| definition | : | organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | arginine, |
| definition | : | a bitter tasting amino acid found in proteins and necessary for nutrition; its absence from the diet leads to a reduced production of spermatozoa (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | histidine, |
| definition | : | an essential amino acid found in proteins that is important for the growth and repair of tissue (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | isoleucine, |
| definition | : | an essential amino acid found in proteins; isomeric with leucine (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | leucine, |
| definition | : | a white crystalline amino acid occurring in proteins that is essential for nutrition; obtained by the hydrolysis of most dietary proteins (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | lysine, |
| definition | : | an essential amino acid found in proteins; occurs especially in gelatin and casein (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | methionine, |
| definition | : | a crystalline amino acid containing sulfur; found in most proteins and essential for nutrition (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | phenylalanine, |
| definition | : | an essential amino acid found in proteins and needed for growth of children and for protein metabolism in children and adults; abundant in milk and eggs; it is normally converted to tyrosine in the human body (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | threonine, |
| definition | : | a colorless crystalline amino acid found in protein; occurs in the hydrolysates of certain proteins; an essential component of human nutrition (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | tryptophan, tryptophane, |
| definition | : | an amino acid that occurs in proteins; is essential for growth and normal metabolism; a precursor of niacin (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | valine, |
| definition | : | an essential amino acid found in proteins; important for growth in children and nitrogen balance in adults (noun.substance) |
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