Amino acids are divided into essential (cannot be manufactured by the body and, therefore, must be taken in food) and non-essential. Amino acids are the building blocks of protein, including human protein.
Code | Name | Comments |
| A1 | Arginine (essential for children but not for adults) | Stimulates human growth hormone which stimulates defence function; accelerates wound healing; detoxifying ammonia; normal sperm count; glucose control mechanism in blood; enhances fat metabolism; involved in insulin production; arthritis; inhibition of tumour development; premature ageing; overweight; fatigue; memory. |
| A2 | Aspartic Acid (non-essential) | Protects liver; detoxification of ammonia; promotes uptake of trace elements in the gut; involved in the energy cycle; involved in transportation of magnesium and potassium to cells; fatigue. |
| A3 | Carnitine (non-essential) | Sperm motility; protects heart; major role in transferring fatty acids into cells where used as energy sources; mobilising fatty deposits in obesity; removal of ketones from blood; reduction of triglycerides in the blood; reduces surface fats in cellulite; circulatory problems; fatigue; muscle weakness; alcohol damage to liver; glucose tolerance in diabetics; cardiac disease; angina. |
| A4 | Citrulline (non-essential; not part of body protein) | Can be made from ornithine by body; can be converted in body to arginine; detoxifies ammonia (nitrogen) in blood; fatigue; stimulates immune system. |
| A5 | Cyseine (non-essential) | Derived from methionine or serine in the liver; powerful antioxidant; major detoxifying agent; part of glucose tolerance factor; using B6; strength of hair; factor in insulin production; most chronic diseases; removing heavy metals; protects against alcohol, cigarette smoking and pollution; in iron deficiency; prevention of cataracts. |
| A6 | Cystine (non-essential) | Part of insulin molecule; heavy metal chelator; psoriasis; eczema; tissue healing after surgery. |
| A7 | Glutamine (non-essential) | Dominant amino acids in cerebro-spinal fluid and serum; passes through blood/brain barrier; powerful "brain fuel"; gives rise to GABA which is a calming agent; helps maintain body's nitrogen level; used in production of other non-essential amino acids; protects from alcohol; reduces desire for alcohol and sometimes sugar; heals peptic ulcers; depression; blunts carbohydrate craving; hypoglycaemia; schizophrenia; senility; fatigue; memory improvement; concentration; smoking. |
| A8 | Glutathione (non-essential) | Inhibits free radical damage to fat cells; retards ageing process; neutralises petro-carbons and chlorine; detoxifying; in short supply in diabetics; protects liver against alcohol; protects against radiation; chelates heavy metals; regression of tumours in animals; arthritis; skin problems. |
| A9 | Histidine (non-essential) | Metabolised into histamine which is important for smooth muscle function and contraction and expansion of blood vessels; sexual arousal; auditory nerve function; stimulates production of red and white blood cells; schizophrenia; protects against radiation damage; chelates toxic metals; rheumatoid arthritis; digestive tract ulcers; nausea during pregnancy; hearing problems; allergies; anxiety; low stomach acid; smoking. |
| A10 | Isoleucine (essential) | Chronically sick; formation of haemoglobin; energy production; reduces tremors and twitching in animals; body building. |
| A11 | Leucine (essential) | Chronically sick; essential for growth; wound healing of skin and bones; energy production; Parkinson’s disease; enhances effects of endorphins. |
| A12 | Lysine (essential) | Often low in vegetarian diets; important for children's growth and development; involved in synthesis of carnitine, so important in fat metabolism; formation of antibodies; dietary deficiency leads to increased calcium excretion; herpes simplex; concentration; fatigue; dizziness; anaemia; visual disorders; nausea; hypoglycaemia. |
| A13 | Methionine (essential) | Antioxidant preventing free radical damage; helps produce choline, adrenaline, lecithin and B12; assists gallbladder function; precursor of taurine, cystine and cysteine. Heavy metal and histamine detoxifier; strengthens hair follicles; detoxifies liver; affects selenium bio-availability; arthritic and rheumatoid symptoms; detoxification; antioxidation; retards cataracts; Parkinson’s disease; schizophrenia; gallbladder problems resulting from use of contraceptive oestrogen; poor skin tone; hair loss; anaemia; retarded protein synthesis; atherosclerosis; herpes; memory; premature ejaculation. |
| A14 | Ornithine (non-essential) | Stimulates growth hormone production by pituitary gland; increases metabolism of fat and enhances transportation of amino acids to cells; ammonia detoxification in urea cycle; enhances wound healing; stimulates immune system; may be useful in auto‑immune diseases; memory. |
| A15 | Phenylalanine (essential) | Precursor of tyrosine and therefore dopamine, norepinephrine (noradrenaline) and epinephrine (adrenaline), so affects heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen consumption, blood sugar levels, fat metabolism; important for brain; necessary for thyroid; shortage predisposes children to eczema; weight control; antidepressant; pain killer; MS; Parkinson’s disease; memory; concentration and mental alertness; rheumatoid arthritis; vitiligo; emotional disorders; circulatory problems; drug addiction; tremors. |
| A16 | Taurine (non‑essential) | Interacts with bile salts to maintain their solubility and cholesterol; helps conserve potassium and calcium in the heart muscle; influences insulin and blood sugar levels; increase needed under stress; helpful in some types of epilepsy; gallbladder disease; eye problems; atherosclerosis; angina; circulation; tremors; compromised immune function; claimed to enhance IQ in Downs syndrome children. |
| A17 | Threonine (essential) | Necessary for formation of teeth enamel protein, elastin and collagen; minor role controlling fat build up in liver; precursor of glycine and serine; immune stimulating as promotes thymus growth and activity; digestive and intestinal tract functioning; indigestion; malabsorption; irritability; personality disorders. |
| A18 | Tryptophan (essential) | Synthesis of B3; precursor of serotonin; mood stabiliser; vascular migraine, anti‑depressant; weight control; sleep enhancer; menopausal depression; pain killer; restless leg syndrome; rheumatoid arthritis; tardive dyskinesia; mental disturbances, depression, brittle finger nails; poor skin colouring and tone; indigestion; carbohydrate craving. May aggravate bronchial asthma and lupus. |
| A19 | Tyrosine (non‑essential) | Derived from phenylalanine; precursor of thyroid hormones, dopa, dopamine, norepinephrine and epinephrine; aids normal brain function; Parkinson’s disease; depression; increasing brain neurotransmitter levels; alleviating hay fever and grass allergies; drug addiction; tremors; low blood pressure. |
| A20 | Valine (essential) | Helpful in treating addictions; deficiency may affect myelin covering of nerves; energy; muscle building and co‑ordination; liver and gallbladder disease; mental function; nervousness; poor sleep patterns; excess gives skin crawling sensations and hallucinations. |
| A21 | Lamberts Protein Deficiency Formula | Contains alanine, arginine, aspartic acid, cysteine, cytrulline, glutamic acid, glutamine, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, proline, serine, threonine, tyrosine, taurine, valine. |
