amino acids
[ (uh-mee-noh) ]
Basic organic molecules (see also organic molecule) that combine to form proteins. Amino acids are made up of hydrogen, carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen. Some examples of amino acids are lysine, phenylalanine, and tryptophan.
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Comets contain amino acids, which are organic compounds that include the raw ingredients for proteins that make for living things.
The premise is this: turkey is chock-full of a soporific essential amino acid, tryptophan, one of the 22 essential amino acids.
Eat Turkey All You Want! It’s Not Going to Put You to Sleep | Kent Sepkowitz | November 22, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTShe cut out amino acids and other slightly toxic chemicals found in many foods we consume every day.
Be Meat and Drink: A Conceptual Performance at Allegra LaViola Gallery | Lizzie Crocker | April 15, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTEgg whites have all the essential amino acids and can be boiled and eaten on the go.
Thus the proteins are digested down to the amino acids and these diffuse into the blood as demonstrated by Folin and by Van Slyke.
The Organism as a Whole | Jacques Loeb
The different proteins differ in regard to the different types of amino acids which they contain.
The Organism as a Whole | Jacques LoebThese transformed substances are known as amino acids, the production of which is a result of digestion in the digestive tract.
Dietetics for Nurses | Fairfax T. ProudfitIt is not known whether there is any similar relation of amino-acids to the functions of different proteins in plant metabolism.
The Chemistry of Plant Life | Roscoe Wilfred ThatcherHence, the number of possible combinations of amino-acids into protein molecules is very great.
The Chemistry of Plant Life | Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher
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