JEE Main Chemistry question

[VITEEE 2008] Which of the following sets consists only of essential amino acids?

(A)Alanine, tyrosine, cystine
(B)Leucine, lysine, tryptophaneCorrect
(C)Alanine, glutamine, lycine
(D)Leucine, proline, glycine

Answer: (B)

Solution

The ten essential amino acids (which the human body cannot synthesise and must obtain from diet) are arginine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan and valine; leucine, lysine and

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