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asparagine
[ uh-spar-uh-jeen, -jin ]
noun
- a white, crystalline, amino acid, NH 2 COCH 2 CH(NH 2 )COOH, soluble in water, obtained from certain plants, especially legumes, and used chiefly as a nutrient in culture media for certain bacteria. : Asn; : N
asparagine
/ -dʒɪn; əˈspærəˌdʒiːn /
noun
- a nonessential amino acid, a component of proteins
asparagine
/ ə-spăr′ə-jēn′ /
- A nonessential amino acid. Chemical formula: C 4 H 8 N 2 O 3 .
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Origin of asparagine1
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Example Sentences
The influence of small amounts of asparagine in enormously increasing the hydrolytic effect of amylase is an example.
It occurs in two optically active forms, namely, as laevo-asparagine and dextro-asparagine.
The diuretic action is extremely feeble, and neither the plant nor asparagine is now used medicinally.
In common with the marsh-mallow and some other plants, it contains asparagine or aspartic acidamide.
Besides solutions containing ammonium salts and urea, I have succeeded in nitrifying solutions of asparagine, milk, and rape cake.
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