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JEE Main Chemistry question

ChemistryBiomoleculesJEE Main

Essential amino acids cannot be made by our body. How many of the following are essential amino acids? (i) Alanine (ii) Leucine (iii) Proline (iv) Serine (v) Cysteine (vi) Lysine (vii) Histidine (viii) Asparagine (ix) Glutamic acid

Answer: 3

Solution

Among the nine amino acids listed, leucine, lysine and histidine are the standard essential amino acids (which the human body cannot synthesise and must obtain from the

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