leucine

Definitions of leucine
  1. noun
    a white crystalline amino acid occurring in proteins that is essential for nutrition; obtained by the hydrolysis of most dietary proteins
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    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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