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What is phenylalanine and what does it do

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Phenylalanine is an essential amino acid, which means that it is essential to human health but cannot be manufactured by the body.

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Description: Phenylalanine is an essential amino acid, which means that it is essential to human health but cannot be manufactured by the body

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Phenylalanine is an essential amino acid found in proteins and needed for growth of children and for protein metabolism. ChaCha!

Aug 11 2009, 07:28pm | Source: WordNet Search - 3.0 | wordnet.princeton.edu

Phenylalanine is an essential amino acid C9H11NO2 that is converted in the normal body to tyrosine.

Jun 19 2009, 08:55pm | Source: phenylalanine - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary | www.merriam-webster.com