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Leucine
An essential branched-chain amino acid important for hemoglobin formation.
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
Amino acids and chains of amino acids connected by peptide linkages.
Year introduced: 1998
Amino Acids, Essential
Amino acids that are not synthesized by the human body in amounts sufficient to carry out physiological functions. They are obtained from dietary foodstuffs.
Year introduced: 1974
Amino Acids, Branched-Chain
Amino acids which have a branched carbon chain.
Year introduced: 1979
Amino Acids
Organic compounds that generally contain an amino (-NH2) and a carboxyl (-COOH) group. Twenty alpha-amino acids are the subunits which are polymerized to form proteins.
Year introduced: /metabolism was AMINO ACID METABOLISM 1965