CC-Lec-Amino Acids (ALL)

REQUIRED FOR THE GENERATION OF UREA AND SYNTHESIS OF CREATINE

ARGININE

DIRECT PRECURSOR OF HISTAMINE

HISTIDINE

NEEDED FOR HEMOGLOBIN FORMATION

ISOLEUCINE

OPTIMAL GROWTH OF INFANTS AND FOR NITROGEN BALANCE IN ADULTS

LEUCINE

PLAYS A ROLE IN THE PRODUCTION OF ANTIBODIES AND LOWERS TRIGLYCERIDE LEVELS

LYSINE

HELPS IN ABSORPTION OF CALCIUM AND FORMATION OF COLLAGEN

LYSINE

HELPS INITIATE TRANSLATION OF MESSENGER RNA

METHIONINE

SOURCE OF SULFUR

METHIONINE

PREVENTS BRITTLE HAIR

METHIONINE

PROMOTES ALERTNESS AND VITALITY, ELEVATES MOOD, DECREASES PAIN, AIDS MEMORY AND LEARNING

PHENYLALANINE

USED TO TREAT ARTHRITIS AND DEPRESSION

PHENYLALANINE

USED BY THE BRAIN TO PRODUCE NOREPINEPHRINE

PHENYLALANINE

USES ACTIVE TRANSPORT CHANNEL TO CROSS THE BBB

PHENYLALANINE

INTERFERES WITH PRODUCTION OF SEROTONIN

PHENYLALANINE

PART OF THE COMPOSITION OF ASPARTAME

PHENYLALANINE

IMPORTANT COMPONENT IN THE FORMATION OF PROTEIN, COLLAGEN, ELASTIN AND TOOTH ENAMEL

THREONINE

HELPS MAINTAIN PROPER PROTEIN BALANCE AND AIDS LIVER FUNCTION, METABOLISM AND ASSIMILATION

THREONINE

PRECURSOR FOR SEROTONIN AND MELATONIN

TRYPTOPHAN

NATURAL RELAXANT

TRYPTOPHAN

ALLEVIATE INSOMNIA BY INDUCING SLEEP, SOOTHES ANXIETY AND REDUCES DEPRESSION

TRYPTOPHAN

USED IN TREATMENT OF MIGRAINE HEADACHES

TRYPTOPHAN

AIDS IN WEIGHT CONTROL BY REDUCING APPETITE

TRYPTOPHAN

HELPS CONTROL HYPERACTIVITY IN CHILDREN

TRYPTOPHAN

HEAVIEST AMONG ALL THE AMINO ACIDS

TRYPTOPHAN

USED BY MUSCLE TISSSUE AS AN ENERGY SOURCE

VALINE

PRODUCT OF THE BREAKDOWN OF DNA

ALANINE

TRANSFER OF NITROGEN FROM THE PERIPHERAL TISSUE TO THE LIVER

ALANINE

FIRST AMINO ACID TO BE ISOLATED

ASPARAGINE

FROM ASPARAGUS JUICE

ASPARAGINE

CONVERTING ONE AMINO ACID INTO ANOTHER VIA AMINATION AND TRANSAMINATION

ASPARAGINE

A METABOLITE IN THE UREA CYCLE AND PARTICIPATES IN GLUCONEOGENESIS

ASPARTIC ACID

NAMED AFTER CYSTINE

CYSTEINE

PRODUCTION OF FLAVORS

CYSTEINE

SERVES AS A NEUROTRANSMITTER AND DYSREGULATION HAS BEEN LINKED TO EPILEPTIC SEIZURES

GLUTAMIC ACID

AIDS IN TRANSPORTING POTASSIUM TO THE SPINAL FLUID

GLUTAMIC ACID

RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TASTE UMAMI

GLUTAMIC ACID

FOOD ADDITIVE/FOOD ENHANCER(SODIUM SALT, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE)

GLUTAMIC ACID

MOST ABUNDANT AMINO ACID IN THE BODY

GLUTAMINE

ASSISTS IN MAINTAINING THE PROPER ACID/ALKALINE BALANCE IN THE BODY

GLUTAMINE

SUPPLEMENT USED FOR MUSCLE GROWTH IN WEIGHTLIFTING AND BODYBUILDING

GLUTAMINE

TRANSPORTS AMMONIA TO THE LIVER

GLUTAMINE

SIMPLEST AMINO ACID

GLYCINE

ONLY AMINO ACID NOT OPTICALLY ACTIVE BECAUSE IT HAS NO STEREOISOMERS

GLYCINE

HAS A SWEET TASTE AND IS USED AS A SWEETENER

GLYCINE

INHIBITORY NEUROTRANSMITTER IN THE CNS

GLYCINE

HELPS IN THE SYNTHESIS OF BILE ACIDS

GLYCINE

PRECURSOR OF HYDROXYPROLINE

PROLINE

WORKS WITH VIT. C TO PROMOTE HEALTHY CONNECTIVE TISSUES

PROLINE

TECHNICALLY NOT A PROTEIN SINCE IT IS AN IMINO ACID DUE TO ITS CYCLIC STRUCTURE

PROLINE

NEEDED FOR PROPER METABOLISM OF FATS AND FATTY ACIDS

SERINE

HIGHLY CONCENTRATED IN ALL CELL MEMBRANES

SERINE

COMPONENT OF THE PROTECTIVE MYELIN SHEATHS SURROUNDING NERVE FIBERS

SERINE

PRECURSOR OF EPINEPHRINE, NOREPINEPHRINE, DOPAMINE, T3 AND T4

TYROSINE

ENCODED BY UGA CODON

SELENOCYSTEINE

SELENIUM ANALOGUE OF CYSTEINE

SELENOCYSTEINE

FOUND IN SOME ENZYMES

SELENOCYSTEINE

ENCODED BY UAG CODON

PYRROLYSINE

USED BY ARCHAEA AND UNICELLULAR ORGANISMS

PYRROLYSINE