essential amino acid

essential amino acid

English

Noun

essential amino acid (plural essential amino acids)

1. (biochemistry) One of the naturally occurring amino acids that the human body cannot synthesize, and so must be provided by dietary protein.

Translations

amino acid which is a dietry requirement

Catalan: aminoàcid essencial m Chinese: Cantonese: 必需氨基酸 (bit1 seoi1 on1 gei1 syun1) Mandarin: 必需氨基酸 (bìxū ānjīsuān) Min Nan: 必需氨基酸 (pì-su an-ki-sng) Czech: esenciální aminokyselina f Finnish: välttämätön aminohappo Galician: aminoácido esencial m German: essentielle Aminosäure f

Hungarian: esszenciális aminosav Italian: amminoacido essenziale m Japanese: 必須アミノ酸 (ひっすアミノさん, hissu amino-san), 不可欠アミノ酸 (ふかけつアミノさん, fukaketsu amino-san) Korean: 필수 아미노산 (pilsu aminosan), 불가결 아미노산 (bulgagyeol aminosan) Polish: aminokwas egzogenny (pl) m Portuguese: aminoácido essencial m Russian: незамени́мая аминокислота́ (ru) f (nezamenímaja aminokislotá) Slovak: esenciálna aminokyselina Spanish: aminoácido esencial m

Antonyms

• nonessential amino acid

Hyponyms

• histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, valine

Further reading

• essential amino acid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia