Amino acids inoshanda seyakasikwa chelators, inosunga kune zvakakosha zvicherwa sesimbi, zinc, uye manganese, uye kufambisa kutorwa kwavo nemidzi yemiti. Iyi nzira ye chelation inodzivirira kuvharika kwekudya muvhu, nyaya yakajairika nemafetiraiza akajairwa, kuve nechokwadi chekuti zvirimwa zvinowana kupihwa kwakaringana kwemicronutrients. Semuenzaniso, glycine uye glutamic acid inovandudza kunyura kwecalcium uye magnesium, yakakosha paphotosynthesis uye kukura kwemichero. Nekuwedzera hunyanzvi hwekushandisa zvinovaka muviri (NUE), amino acid mafetiraiza anoderedza kudiwa kwemakemikari akawandisa, kudzikisa mitengo uye kuderedza kusvibiswa kwezvakatipoteredza.