Assertion: amino acid | /r/HasProperty | essential
Facets:
value: in bones
type: LOCATION
value: for repairing
type: PURPOSE
value: in the muscles
type: LOCATION
value: for all animals
type: OTHER
value: in skin
type: LOCATION
value: in hair
type: LOCATION
value: for healing wounds
type: PURPOSE
value: for proper metabolism
type: PURPOSE
value: for maintenance
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: In addition, amino acids are essential for the repair and maintenance of organs, glands, muscles, tendons, ligaments, keratin, skin, hair, and nails.
text: There are a total of seven amino acids which are called "essential" because they must be obtained from the diet and the human body is unable to manufacture them.
text: The amino acids that an organism cannot synthesize on its own are referred to as essential amino acids.
text: The term "non-essential" can be misleading since all amino acids are essential for proper metabolism and certain non-essential amino acids, such as glutamine, become very essential during illness or trauma.
text: For all animals, some amino acids are essential (an animal cannot produce them internally) and some are non-essential (the animal can produce them from other nitrogen-containing compounds).
text: It is non-essential because it can be synthesized by the body through the breakdown of L-glutamate, another amino acid.
text: They are in fact essential, but not as part of our diet.
text: They are furthermore essential for healing wounds and repairing tissue, especially in the muscles, bones, skin and hair as well as for the removal of all kinds of waste deposits produced in connection with the metabolism.