Amino acids in the body?

Question

How many of the 20 or so amino acids in the body require that they can produce themselves. Where does the body obtain the rest of the amino acids?

Answer 1

There are 9 amino acids that cannot be produced by the human body. We obtain them from the food that we eat.

Answer 2

about 8-12 of the 20 amino acids in the body are considered "essential" amino acids, meaning humans dont have metabolic pathways that allow them to be synthesized in sufficient quantities for normal functions.

you can get all amino acids from food-that is what protein is. when you eat meat, milk, cheese, etc, you get all 20 amino acids. when you eat non animal products, you dont get all 20 from any one source, for example, a fruit might have 4 amino acids, only 2 of which are essential, so no matter how much of that fruit you eat, you wont get enough of the other essential amino acids, but your body can metabolize the non essential ones.

Answer 3

The body gets amino acid from protien. Amino acid is the lsat breakdown of proteins good. That's how we gert amino acid.

Answer 4

there are 9 essential amino acids in the adult human body 10 in infants.

a mnemonic so you can memorize them and impress your teacher

PVT MATT H*ILL
Phenylalanine
Valine
Tyrosine
Methionine
Alanine
Trytophan
Threonine
Histadine - only for infants
Isolucine
Lucine
Lysine
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