essential amino acid

C12935
concept

An essential amino acid is an amino acid that the human body cannot synthesize in sufficient quantities and therefore must be obtained through the diet.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
essential amino acid canonical 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: essential amino acid
Generated description
An essential amino acid is an amino acid that the human body cannot synthesize in sufficient quantities and therefore must be obtained through the diet.

Instances (1)

Instance Via concept surface
essential amino acid tryptophan
surface form: tryptophan