PART 1 Flashcards
Small biomolecules containing at least one amino group and one carboxyl group bonded to the alpha-carbon
AMINO ACIDS
What are the ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS
Phenylalanine
Valine
Threonine
Tryptophan
Isoleucine
Leucine
Lysine
Methione
Histidine
Arganine
What are the NONESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS
Alanine
Asparagine
Aspartic Acid
Cysteine
Glutamic acid
Glutamine
Glycone
Proline
Serine
Tyrosine
REQUIRED FOR THE GENERATION OF UREA AND SYNTHESIS OF
CREATINE
Arginine
> DIRECT PRECURSOR OF HISTAMINE
Histidine
> NEEDED FOR HEMOGLOBIN
FORMATION
Isoleucine
> OPTIMAL GROWTH OF INFANTS AND FOR NITROGEN
BALANCE IN ADULTS
Leucine
> PLAYS A ROLE IN THE
PRODUCTION OF ANTIBODIES AND LOWERS TRIGLYCERIDE
LEVELS
• HELPS IN ABSORPTION OF CALCIUM AND FORMATION OF COLLAGEN
Lysine
> HELPS INITIATE TRANSLATION OF MESSENGER RNA
SOURCE OF SULFUR
Methionine
> PROMOTES ALERTNESS AND VITALITY, ELEVATES MOOD, DECREASES PAIN, AIDS MEMORY AND LEARNING
USED TO TREAT ARTHRITIS AND DEPRESSION
USED BY THE BRAIN TO PRODUCE
NOREPINEPHRINE
USES ACTIVE TRANSPORT CHANNEL TO CROSS THE BBB
INTERFERES WITH PRODUCTION OF SEROTONIN
PART OF THE COMPOSITION OF ASPARTAME
Phenylalanine
> IMPORTANT COMPONENT IN THE FORMATION OF PROTEIN, COLLAGEN ELASTIN AND TOOTH ENAMEL
HELPS MAINTAIN PROPER PROTEIN
BALANCE AND AIDS LIVER FUNCTION
METABOLISM AND ASSIMILATION
Threonine
> PRECURSOR FOR SEROTONIN AND MELATONIN
NATURAL RELAXANT
ALLEVIATE INSOMNIA BY INDUCING SLEEP, SOOTHES ANXIETY AND REDUCES DEPRESSION
› USED IN TREATMENT OF MIGRAINE
HEADACHES
Trytophan
> NEEDED FOR MUSCLE METABOLISM AND CORDINATION, TISSUE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF NITROGEN BALANCE
USED BY MUSCLE TISSUE AS AN ENERGY
SOURCE
USED IN TREATMENTS FOR MUSCLE, MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS (INSOMNIA, ANXIETY, LIVER AND GALLBLADDER DISEASE)
VALINE
