Date:12/11/2007
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Glossary Terms
Aeitiology
Aeitiology is the information about causes, history and origin of a disease.
ATP Adenosine Triphosphate
ATP adenosine triphosphate is a large molecule present for the biological process of transporting energy from body to cells and from food to body.
Amino acids
Amino acids function as the building blocks of proteins, chemically; amino acids are organic compounds containing an amino (NH2) group and a carboxyl (COOH) group, they are classified as essential amino acids, nonessential amino acids. Essential amino acids include leucine, isoleucine, valine, tryptophan, phenylalanine, methionine, threonine, lysine, histidine and possibly arginine. Nonessential amino acids can be synthesized by the body in adequate amounts, and include alanine, aspartic acid, asparagine, glutamic acid, glutamine, glycine, proline and serine
Anti - oxidants
Antioxidants help to neutralize and counteract the deleterious free radicals but the natural mechanisms may prove to be inadequate.
Adequate intake (AI) is a nutrient recommendation based on observed or experimentally determined approximation of nutrient intake by a group of healthy people when sufficient scientific evidence is not available to calculate an RDA.
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