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non-essential amino acids
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become essential under special circumstances
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positive balance
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in periods of growth and repair
growth- babies, pregent women repair- broken bones(repiar: to heal wounds) |
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positive balance
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in periods of growth and repair
growth- babies, pregent women repair- broken bones(repiar: to heal wounds) |
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positive balance
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in periods of growth and repair
growth- babies, pregent women repair- broken bones(repiar: to heal wounds) |
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nitrogen balances
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negative and positive balance
Negative balance intake is less than N output Positive balance (protein in foods) is greater than N output (urine) |
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what are the 9 essential amino acids?
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histidine, isoleucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, and valine
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essential amino acids
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amino acids that either cannot be synthesized at all by the body or cannot be synthesized in amounts sufficient to meet physiological needs.
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nitrogen
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ability to balance as a compond, complex molecules- chains of amino acids by connected peptide bonds
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Proteins facilitate chemical reactions.
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composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and in addition, nitrogen, and usually sulfur
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dipeptide
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protein fragments that are two amino acids long. A peptide is a strand of amino acids (di means "two")
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