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leucine
[ loo-seen, -sin ]
noun
, Biochemistry.
- a white, crystalline, water-soluble amino acid, C 6 H 13 NO 2 , obtained by the decomposition of proteins and made synthetically: essential in the nutrition of humans and animals. : Leu; : L
leucine
/ ˈluːsɪn; ˈluːsiːn /
noun
- an essential amino acid found in many proteins
leucine
/ lo̅o̅′sēn′ /
- An essential amino acid. Chemical formula: C 6 H 13 NO 2 .
- See more at amino acid
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Studies done on supplements like leucine, which some early research suggested could kickstart the muscle-building process inside cells, haven’t panned out.
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Mulder and others have shown that it is merely impure leucine.
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An experiment carried out as above without any addition of leucine gave 9732 grams of alcohol containing 040 per cent.
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