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|title = Amino Acids

|title = Amino Acids

|categories = [[Protein - Nutrition|'''Protein''']]  

|categories = [[Protein - Nutrition|'''Protein''']]  

|text = Amino acids are the structural components of proteins in all plants, animals and fungi. Amino acids are considered either indispensable ('''essential''') and dispensable ('''non-essential''').  

|text = Amino acids are the structural components of proteins in all plants, animals and fungi. Amino acids are considered either indispensable ('''essential''') or dispensable ('''non-essential''').  

*'''Essential amino acids''' are those that are required pre-formed in the diet as the animal either lacks the metabolic pathway to synthesise the given amino acid or is unable to make sufficient quantities for growth and normal physiologic/biochemical functions.  

*'''Essential amino acids''' are those that are required pre-formed in the diet as the animal either lacks the metabolic pathway to synthesise the given amino acid or is unable to make sufficient quantities for growth and normal physiologic/biochemical functions.  

*'''Non-essential amino acids''' are those that can be produced endogenously from available nitrogen and carbon sources.

*'''Non-essential amino acids''' are those that can be produced endogenously from available nitrogen and carbon sources.