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BCAA stands for Branched Chain Amino Acids because of their chemical structure or formula. Each
amino acid (as the name shows) has an amino group (NH2) and an acid group (COOH), and rest in
between is a chain of groups like CH2 defines the name and function of the particular amino acid.
Of all the amino acids (there are 22 in total), only 3 are called Branched Chain Amino Acids, namely
Valine, Leucine and Isoleucine. These three amino acids have a branched chain rather than a linear
chain thus the name.
results for endurance performance with BCAA are inconsistent and are more for sprinting or weight
training.
TOXICITY OF BCAAS
Numerous toxicity studies have been performed in rats and mice, however no toxicity has been
reported with BCAA supplementation. There have been no reports on BCAA related toxicity in sports
and exercise.