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Since the discovery that only certain amino acids must be ingested, usually eight by adults, and possibly nine or even ten by growing children, there has been little interest in those amino acids which the normal individual can make, except for some pioneering work in general imbalances of amino acids by Professor Harper (1).
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Bessman, S.P., Acosta, P., Harper, R., Towell, M. (1988). Essential Nature of the “Dispensable” Amino Acids and Their Possible Influence on the Development and Function of the Brain, with a Note on the Question of Whether the Fetus Really Concentrates Amino Acids from the Mother’s Blood. In: Huether, G. (eds) Amino Acid Availability and Brain Function in Health and Disease. NATO ASI Series, vol 20. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73175-4_2
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