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What is, phenylalanine

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Phenylalanine - an essential amino acid that occurs as a part of many proteins obtained chiefly from egg white or skim milk.

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Description: An essential amino acid, C9H11NO2, that occurs as a constituent of many proteins and is normally converted to tyrosine in the human body

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Phenylalanine is an essential amino acid (building block for proteins in the body). It is essential to human health but cannot be manufactured by the body.

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Phenylalanine is one of the essential amino acids.If you have a condition called phenylketonuria it's bad for you. ChaCha!

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