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Leucine vs Hydroxyleucine - What's the difference?

leucine | hydroxyleucine |

As nouns the difference between leucine and hydroxyleucine

is that leucine is an essential amino acid, C6H13NO2, isomeric with isoleucine, found in most animal proteins; it is essential for growth in children while hydroxyleucine is any of several isomeric hydroxy derivatives of leucine.

leucine

English

(wikipedia leucine)

Noun

  • (amino acid) An essential amino acid, C6H13NO2, isomeric with isoleucine, found in most animal proteins; it is essential for growth in children.

    • Synonyms

    * Leu

    Derived terms

    * acetylleucine * leucine zipper

    hydroxyleucine

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic compound) Any of several isomeric hydroxy derivatives of leucine