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What are essential and non-essential amino acids ? Give two examples of each.

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Essential amino acids are those which are not produced in our body and required to be supplied from outside, e.g., valine , leucine.
Non-essential amino acids are those which are produced by our body, e.g., glucine , alanine.
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