Essential amino acid

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Essential amino acids are amino acids that cannot be synthesised by the body, but have to be obtained through the diet via food  [1].

Essential amino acids: [2]

References

  1. ↑ Berg, Jeremy M., John L. Tymoczko, Lubert Stryer, and Richard I. Gumport. "Chapter 23.1 Proteins Are Degraded to Amino Acids." Biochemistry. 6th ed. Basingstoke: W.H.Freeman & Co, 2006. 650-51. Print.
  2. ↑ Berg, Jeremy M., John L. Tymoczko, Lubert Stryer, and Richard I. Gumport. "Chapter 23.1 Proteins Are Degraded to Amino Acids." Biochemistry. 6th ed. Basingstoke: W.H.Freeman & Co, 2006. 650-51. Print.


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