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MeSH Heading: Amino Acids, Essential
Tree Number(s): D12.125.142
Unique ID: D000601
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000601
Scope Note: Amino acids that are not synthesized by the human body in amounts sufficient to carry out physiological functions. They are obtained from dietary foodstuffs.
Entry Term(s): Essential Amino Acid; Essential Amino Acids
Registry Numbers: 0
Public MeSH Note: 74
History Note: 74
Date Introduced: 1974/01/01
Last Updated: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

deficiency (DF)

drug effects (DE)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Amino Acids, Essential MeSH Descriptor Data 2026