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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Phenylalanine is an essential amino acid not manufactured in bodies. It must be gotten from foods. It is converted to the amino acid tyrosine that makes dopamine & norepinephrine. Deficiency produces confusion, depression, decreased memory, decreased appetite.

Jul 19 2009, 02:35pm | Source: Phenylalanine | www.umm.edu

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.

May 22 2009, 12:22am | Source: Phenylalanine | www.umm.edu

Phenylalanine is an essential amino acid found in proteins for growth of children & for protein metabolism in children & adults

Apr 24 2009, 10:43am | Source: WordNet Search - 3.0 | wordnetweb.princeton.edu

Phenylalanine is an amino acid, which is found naturally in the breast milk of mammals. ChaCha away!

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