Which of the Following Statements About the Essential Amino Acids

question 96

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about the essential amino acids is false?

• A) Most animals have some essential amino acids.
• B) Ingesting a surplus of one essential amino acid cannot compensate for a shortage of another.
• C) Some foods, such as legumes, supply all eight of the essential amino acids in humans.
• D) Acetyl groups can be combined with amino groups to produce many of the nonessential amino acids.
• E) Like amino acids, some fatty acids are essential.

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