| alanin alanine |
an amino acid, a common constituent of proteins. |
| arginine |
one of the essential amino acids. |
| asparagine |
an amino acid found in asparagus and other vegetables. |
| aspartic+ |
as in aspartic acid, an amino acid found in young sugar-cane, etc, and formed by the hydrolysis of ASPARAGINE. |
| bombesin |
a combination of amino acids. |
| citrulline |
an amino acid formed as an intermediate in the production of urea. |
| cystein cysteine |
an amino acid that oxidizes to CYSTINE. |
| cysteinic+ |
relating to CYSTEINE. |
| cystine |
the dimer resulting from oxidation of the amino acid CYSTEINE, that forms a disulphide bridge in proteins, esp. KERATIN. |
| deaminate deaminise+ deaminize+ |
to remove the amino acid from a compound. N.B. there is no AMINATE*, AMINISE* or AMINIZE*. |
| dipeptide |
a PEPTIDE formed by the combination of two amino acids. |
| dopa |
a naturally-occurring amino acid, a form of which, L-dopa, is used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. |
| ethionine |
an amino acid. |
| glutamic+ glutaminic+ |
as in glutamic acid, an important amino acid, a constituent of most proteins. |
| glutamine |
a neutral amino acid found in proteins. |
| glycin glycine |
the simplest amino acid, present in proteins, a sweetish colourless crystalline solid first prepared from glue, formerly known as GLYCOCOLL. |
| glycocoll |
another name for GLYCINE. |
| histidin histidine |
an amino acid found in proteins. |
| hydroxyproline |
an amino acid. |
| isoleucine |
an essential amino acid. |
| leucin leucine |
an essential amino-acid, a product of protein hydrolysis. |
| lysine |
an amino acid. |
| methionine |
an essential sulphur-bearing amino acid. |
| penicillamine |
an amino acid obtained from penicillins, used especially in the treatment of cystinuria, rheumatoid arthritis, and poisoning by metals (as copper or lead). |
| peptid peptide |
any of a number of substances formed from amino acids in which the amino group of one is joined to the carboxyl group of another. |
| peptidic |
relating to a PEPTIDE, a combination of amino acids. |
| phenylalanin phenylalanine |
an essential amino-acid present in most proteins. |
| proline |
an amino acid commonly occurring in proteins. |
| serine |
a polar amino acid found in protein and synthesized in the body. |
| threonine |
an essential amino acid. |
| tryptophan tryptophane |
an essential amino acid. |
| tyrosine |
an amino acid formed by decomposition of proteins, first obtained from cheese. |
| valine |
an amino acid essential to health and growth in humans and vertebrate animals. |
