Biochemistry · Nutrition and Metabolic Integration

Essential amino acids

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Quick Orientation

Section

Definition

Objective
Understand the core idea
Keywords
Essential amino acids, mg/kg body weight/day

Essential and Semi-Essential Amino Acids

Objective
Learn the main facts and relationships
Keywords
AV HILL MP TT, arginine and histidine, semi-essential

Daily Requirement of Essential Amino Acids

Objective
Learn the main facts and relationships
Keywords
8 of the ten

Sparing of Methionine and Phenylalanine

Objective
Learn the main facts and relationships
Keywords
Cysteine, methionine, tyrosine

Clinical Correlation

Objective
Connect the mechanism to clinical findings
Keywords
nutritional value (quality), mg/kg body weight/day

Definition