Dictionary of Biological Psychology
Technically, amino acids are organic molecules that have at least one carboxyl and at least one amino groups.
There are, for adult human beings, eight ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS which are not synthesized within the body and must be supplied from the diet. (For infants there is a ninth essential amino acid, histidine.) Amino acids are the basic building units of PROTEINS and PEPTIDES. From a neuroscientific perspective however, possibly the most important function of amino acids is in NEUROTRANSMITTERS.
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