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Glucogenic amino acid
Introduction
A glucogenic amino acid is an amino acid that can be converted into glucose through gluconeogenesis.[1][2] This is in contrast to the ketogenic amino acids that are converted into ketone bodies.
In humans, the glucogenic amino acids are – glycine, serine, threonine, valine, histidine, arginine, cysteine, proline, alanine, glutamate, glutamine, aspartate, asparagine and methionine, whereas isoleucine, phenylalanine, tyrosine and tryptophan can be either glucogenic or ketogenic.
References
References
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- ā Young V, Ajami A (2001). “Glutamine: the emperor or his clothes?”. J Nutr. 131 (9 Suppl): 2449Sā59S, discussion 2486S-7S. PMIDĀ 11533293.