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leucine

DEFINITIONS OF: leucine

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n a white crystalline amino acid occurring in proteins that is essential for nutrition; obtained by the hydrolysis of most dietary proteins

Type of:
essential amino acid
an amino acid that is required by animals but that they cannot synthesize; must be supplied in the diet
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