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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Amino Acids > Amino Acids, Essential > Leucine
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Amino Acids > Amino Acids, Branched-Chain > Leucine

Preferred term

Leucine  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Leucine, L Isomer
  • Leucine, L-Isomer
  • L-Isomer Leucine
  • L-Leucine

Note

  • /biosyn /defic /physiol permitted

Scope note

  • An essential branched-chain amino acid important for hemoglobin formation.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007930

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