Farah was diagnosed with aspartic acid deficiency. This is most likely due to the:

A) defective absorption of essential amino acids.
B) insufficient intake of aspartic acid.
C) insufficient synthesis of aspartic acid.
D) delayed process of protein denaturation.


C

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