Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An essential amino acid, C9H11NO2, that occurs as a constituent of many proteins and is normally converted to tyrosine in the human body. It is necessary for growth in infants and for nitrogen equilibrium in adults.
Wiktionary
- n. biochemistry An essential amino acid C9H11NO2 found in most animal proteins; it is essential for growth; the inability to metabolize it leads to phenylketonuria; it is a constituent of aspartame.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an essential amino acid found in proteins and needed for growth of children and for protein metabolism in children and adults; abundant in milk and eggs; it is normally converted to tyrosine in the human body
Etymologies
- From phenyl and alanine. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“PKU is described by scientists as an autosomal recessive genetic disease that is characterized by a deficiency in an enzyme called phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH).”
“It helps synthesize the body from the phenylalanine which is another type of amino acid.”
“- Amino acid deficiency - Amino acids such as phenylalanine, tyrosine and tryptophan provide the basis for the body's production of important neuro-transmitters in the body.”
“The investigators found that the bypass patients had much lower levels of amino acids known as branched-chain amino acids, and the amino acids phenylalanine and tyrosine.”
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“And in fact there is a ‘vaccine’ — or more accurately, a treatment (low-phenylalanine diets) — that eliminates this retardation.”
“One of the reasons for this side effect, researchers have discovered, is because the phenylalanine in aspartame dissociates from the ester bond.”
“You see, I don't do sugarless, and in particular aspartame, phenylalanine and all that other junk.”
“Contains phenylalanine, an amino acid that helps relay signals from one brain cell to another.”
“If you must use caffeine, you might want to look into a caffeine source that includes phenylalanine assuming you are not sensitive.”
“Wow Steve, I would seriously rethink your suggestion on Nutra- sweet/ Equal / phenylalanine.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘phenylalanine’.
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SCIE - EU nomenclature
All the scientific words found in the official EU nomenclature. For the screening I used Vocabgrabber of the Visual Thesaurus.
silicon, silica, shrimp, shelve, shallot, serine, seedling, septic, secretin, seaweed, screening, Scomber and 1171 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
veal, valve, used, yak, wax, wan, teak, vat, vas, strip, use, strap and 4515 more...
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amino acids
amino acids
alanin, alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic, bombesin, citrulline, cystein, cysteine, deaminate, deaminise, deaminize and 33 more...
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• Crappie (food)
It's in the ingredient list of your food, but neither a google search nor your imagination can find an explanation why it's considered legal in your country.
high-fructose cor..., guar gum, carnauba wax, carrageenan, diacetyl, phenylalanine, olestra, tricalcium phosphate, allyl hexanoate, butyl butyrate, sodium stearoyl l..., sucralose and 25 more...
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Kalli's Words
redundant, munchkin, escapade, natch, boom, fap, geek, nocturnal, pedantic, tactile, conversant, oxymoron and 188 more...
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sionnach's Words
contumely, fomite, holmgang, poltroon, eleemosynary, obsidian, nugatory, grindcore, felch, recrudescent, pyx, parenteral and 3271 more...
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NessNess* Words
My Favs
plenilune, tarantism, meshugenah, lchaim, vapid, decorum, Brolly, Baruch HaShem, primavera, yoni, and, coraggio and 27 more...
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Science-y
phloem, xylem, zygiella, agalaxy, ischemia, infarction, parallax, phenolphthalein, buckminsterfullerene, phenylalanine, unununium, ecotone and 12 more...
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rodbegbie's Words
merkin, ferret, unctuous, superfluous, riboflavin, thiamin, phenylalanine, ethereal, cromulent, embiggen, snark, foo and 5 more...
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Ad Speak
This list will house words I encounter on packaging and in advertisements.
microwaveable, phenylketonurics, phenylalanine, bioplastic, compostable, biocompostable, all natural, resealable, cholesterol, organic, serving, guaranteed and 57 more...
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meganashley's Words
mundane, hypothalamo neuro..., phenylalanine, morphology, banal, fedex, pimpology, scrabble, rhythmus, oblivion, paradigm, dogmatic and 43 more...
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Scientific Terminology
Don't use these at home.
autotrophic, encephalography, electroencephalog..., phenylalanine, oxytocin, serotonin, dopamine
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Other Words
interstitial, doughnut, phenylalanine, acetaminophen, aluminum, obtuse
Tweets
Looking for tweets for phenylalanine.
Prolagus In Islamic countries, this aminoacid is not phenylhalal. Apr 25, 2008
sarra a beauty to spend time repeating loudly! (As I did once I decided to try and pronounce it for the first time a few years ago.) Apr 25, 2008
Prolagus Oh well, I'm not scared of being eating an essential aminoacid! Apr 7, 2008