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What are essential amino acids? and is glyeine an essential amino acid?

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The essential amino acids cannot be synthesized in the body. These are indispensable amino acids. Their deficiency causes Kwashirkor a disease.
Examples of essential amino acids include valine, lucine, isolucine, lysine, threonil, phenyl alanine, metionyl, tryptophan, histidine and arginine. Glyeine is non essential amino acid.

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