单词 | essential amino acid |
释义 | > as lemmasessential amino acid Biology. Of a nutrient or other metabolically active substance: that is required for the survival and normal growth of an organism; spec. that is not made in adequate amounts by the body and must be obtained in the diet; as essential amino acid, essential fatty acid, essential vitamin, etc. ΚΠ 1866 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. vi. 145 If it is worth while to make a special classification of the vital food stuffs at all, it appears desirable to distinguish the essential food stuffs, or proteids, from the accessory food-stuffs. 1883 Dental Reg. 37 39 Whole wheat meal, besides containing other essential mineral elements, has double the amount of lime, and nearly three times the amount of phosphoric acid. 1911 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 6 May 1068/2 This essential amino acid is split off earlier, and therefore is probably better absorbed in the intestine and utilized in the body. 1922 Lancet 9 Sept. 552/1 The addition of the essential vitamin would effect a cure of the disorder [sc. rickets]. 1930 G. O. Burr & M. M. Burr in Jrnl. Biol. Chem. 86 619 Linoleic acid (and possibly other acids) therefore is an essential fatty acid. 1971 H. S. Kushner When Children ask about God ii. 32 Like foods that contain essential vitamins not yet isolated by science, I believe the Hebrew (like the Greek and Norse) legends nourish us at a level not easily translated into intellectual terms. 2002 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 4416/2 Nearly half of the amino acids in egg protein are essential. 2013 Independent on Sunday 10 Nov. 11/2 The unmatched health properties of the only plant food that contains all the essential amino acids, trace elements and vitamins compelled the UN to declare 2013 the international year of quinoa. < as lemmas |
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