Thus, leucine is already being seen as a pharmaconutrient of great relevance for the supplementary feeding of malnourished and frail elderly and for specific subpopulations.
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Leucine
/ˈluː.siːn/
Synonyms for "leucine" (8 found)
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Closest matches (2)
amino acid
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
Related words (4)
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More general
3 entriesamino acidamino acid compositionessential amino acid
More specific
6 entriesL-leucinebranched-chain amino acidessential amino acidleucine-rich motifleucine-rich regionleucyl residue
Collocations
12 entriesL-leucinebranched chain amino acidessential amino acidketogenic amino acidleucine biosynthesisleucine metabolismleucine residueleucine transporterleucine-containingleucine-richleucine-rich regionleucine-rich repeats
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
6 entriesSample sentences
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