nonessential amino acid

See also: non-essential amino acid

English

Noun

nonessential amino acid (plural nonessential amino acids)

1. (biochemistry) Those of the naturally occurring amino acids that the human body can synthesize for itself, and so need not be provided by dietary protein.

Hyponyms

• alanine
• aspargine
• aspartic acid
• cysteine
• glutamic acid
• glutamine
• glycine
• proline
• serine
• tyrosine

Related terms

• conditionally essential amino acid
• essential amino acid

Translations

amino acid that the human body can synthesize

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 非必需氨基酸 (zh) (fēibìxū ānjīsuān)

• Finnish: ei-välttämätön aminohappo
• Galician: aminoácido non esencial m
• German: nichtessentielle Aminosäure f
• Russian: замени́мая аминокислота́ (ru) f (zamenímaja aminokislotá)