In the first approximation, yes, the principle is the same, but proteins and cells are different
Dense_Comment1662
Yes, they do.
Horror-Appeal-190
Probably phosphates, nitrogen, and stuff. I mean when you plant some plants, you’re using organic waste and the plants absorb what they need.
Devario
The metabolic process and needs for plants and animals is different, though, at the elemental level is fundamentally very similar.
That is to say we all need carbon, nitrogen, etc, but plants aren’t really concerned with a complex molecule like protein. They’re more concerned with the simple access to elements, and that’s why broken down organic matter is more useful for a plant than a slab of meat (and less useful for us by the inverse notion). So when a plant “eats” a bug, its enzymes breakdown the bug into nitrogen, carbon, etc, and then use that. We do the same thing in our guts.
I’m sure amino acids are relatively useful for plants in some trace capacity, but I don’t know that it’s really a priority, because they need simple access to elements to survive. Maybe aminos can provide that, but again plants are relatively simple structures, unlike animals.
placebot1u463y
Not that I know of. They’re not like us where they can’t produce all of the amino acids they need. They’re more rapidly decomposing/digesting their prey into fertilizer to make up for the highly competitive and poor soil they evolved in.
HikeyBoi
[This articles](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9434158/) give a decent overview of what is actually known (so you can disregard all the misconceptions presented by random redditors). r/botany can help with questions you have upon reading. This sub seems to be more focused on cultivation and aesthetic appreciation.
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In the first approximation, yes, the principle is the same, but proteins and cells are different
Yes, they do.
Probably phosphates, nitrogen, and stuff. I mean when you plant some plants, you’re using organic waste and the plants absorb what they need.
The metabolic process and needs for plants and animals is different, though, at the elemental level is fundamentally very similar.
That is to say we all need carbon, nitrogen, etc, but plants aren’t really concerned with a complex molecule like protein. They’re more concerned with the simple access to elements, and that’s why broken down organic matter is more useful for a plant than a slab of meat (and less useful for us by the inverse notion). So when a plant “eats” a bug, its enzymes breakdown the bug into nitrogen, carbon, etc, and then use that. We do the same thing in our guts.
I’m sure amino acids are relatively useful for plants in some trace capacity, but I don’t know that it’s really a priority, because they need simple access to elements to survive. Maybe aminos can provide that, but again plants are relatively simple structures, unlike animals.
Not that I know of. They’re not like us where they can’t produce all of the amino acids they need. They’re more rapidly decomposing/digesting their prey into fertilizer to make up for the highly competitive and poor soil they evolved in.
[This articles](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9434158/) give a decent overview of what is actually known (so you can disregard all the misconceptions presented by random redditors). r/botany can help with questions you have upon reading. This sub seems to be more focused on cultivation and aesthetic appreciation.