Leucine
The primary metabolic end products of leucine metabolism are acetyl-CoA and acetoacetate; consequently, it is one of the two exclusively ketogenic amino acids, with lysine being the other. * Amino acids which are essential amino acids which cannot be made by the human body and, therefore, must be obtained in the diet.
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