Name an essential amino acid for healthy adults.
Use the standard nine dietary essential amino acids, excluding conditionally essential ones.
These nine amino acids need dietary supply. Conditional needs under illness or development are outside this question.
Reveal all 9 checked answers and scores
Points are editorial tiers. The source supports membership in the set, not how many people know an answer.
- Leucine 25 · Familiar
- Leucine is in the 9-answer set defined by this question.
- Lysine 25 · Familiar
- Lysine is in the 9-answer set defined by this question.
- Tryptophan 50 · Less common
- Tryptophan is in the 9-answer set defined by this question.
- Valine 50 · Less common
- Valine is in the 9-answer set defined by this question.
- Isoleucine 75 · Uncommon
- Isoleucine is in the 9-answer set defined by this question.
- Methionine 75 · Uncommon
- Methionine is in the 9-answer set defined by this question.
- Phenylalanine 100 · Rare
- Phenylalanine is in the 9-answer set defined by this question.
- Threonine 100 · Rare
- Threonine is in the 9-answer set defined by this question.
- Histidine 100 · Rare
- Histidine is in the 9-answer set defined by this question.
Checked exclusions
- Alanine: Alanine is non-essential in the healthy-adult classification.
- Glutamic acid: Glutamic acid is non-essential in the healthy-adult classification.
Sources for this question
- Amino acids: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia
MedlinePlus essential list contains nine; conditional/nonessential sections excluded.
medlineplus.gov · Checked 2026-11-02
- Essential amino acid - Wikipedia
MedlinePlus essential list contains nine; conditional/nonessential sections excluded.
en.wikipedia.org · Checked 2026-11-02
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