The Importance of Animal Proteins for Human Nutrition

Proteins, essential compounds containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen, are synthesized through peptide bonds between amino acids. Recognized in the 18th century, proteins’ significance in nutrition and biology was established by early hypotheses from scientists like Gerhardus Johannes Mulder and Berzelius. Proteins consist of 20 amino acids, categorized into essential and non-essential. Non-essential amino acids, [...]