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Aspartic Acid , aspartic acid (aspartate) (ă-spar-tik) n. see amino acid.
aspartic acid (aspartate) A non‐essential amino acid.
aspartic acid An aliphatic, acidic, p… Glutamic Acid , glutamic acid A non‐essential amino acid; it is acidic since it has two carboxylic acid groups; its amide is glutamine. See also monosodium glutamate… Malic acid , malic acid (2-hydroxybutanedioic acid) A crystalline solid, HOOCCH(OH)CH2COOH. L-malic acid occurs in living organisms as an intermediate metabolite… Formic Acid , for·mic ac·id / ˈfôrmik/ • n. Chem. a colorless irritant volatile acid, HCOOH, made catalytically from carbon monoxide and steam. It is present in th… Lipoic Acid , lipoic acid Chemically, dithio‐octanoic acid, a coenzyme (together with vitamin B1) in the metabolism of pyruvate and in the citric acid cycle. Altho… Threonine , threonine An essential amino acid. It was the last of the protein amino acids to be discovered, in 1935, in studies of nitrogen balance on subjects f…
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