Describe the Nutrient Content of Vegetables

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Essay

Describe the nutrient content of vegetables. What features make vegetables important components of the diet? What is the intake recommendation? How does the nutrient content of legumes differ from that of most other vegetables? What foods contain phytochemicals and why are they important in our diet? Discuss nutrient retention of vegetables in the various preparation and cooking processes.

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Definitions:

mRNA

Messenger RNA, a type of RNA that conveys genetic information from DNA to the ribosome, where it specifies the amino acid sequence of the protein products.

Amino Acid Sequences

The order of amino acids in a protein, which determines the protein's structure, function, and properties.

Ribosomes

Cellular structures that synthesize proteins by translating mRNA into polypeptide chains.

Polypeptide

A linear organic polymer consisting of a large number of amino acid residues bonded together, forming part of (or the whole of) protein molecules.