Amino
Acids are organic compounds that contain both:
- an amino group (-NH2)
and
- a carboxyl group (-COOH)
Amino acids are fundamental constituents of all proteins.
Breakdown of the proteins in the body yeilds amino acids, specifically:
alanine,
arginine,
asparagine,
aspartic
acid, cysteine,
glutamic
acid, glutamine,
glycine,
histidine,
isoleucine,
leucine,
lysine,
methionine,
phenylalanine,
proline,
serine,
threonine,
tryptophan,
tyrosine,
valine.
Some of these amino acids can be synthesised by the human body but
Essential Amino Acids must be obtained from protein
in the diet.
