Crossword-Solution: ASPARTIC
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Aspartic | a. | Pertaining to, or derived, asparagine; as, aspartic acid. |
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| nonessential amino acid that is a component of proteins and acts as a neurotransmitter | 1 answer |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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Amids: this term is frequently applied to the nitrogenous non-albuminoid compounds of vegetable foods and feeding stuffs, among which are amido acids, such as aspartic acid and asparagin.
Monoamino-dicarboxylic acids: Aspartic acid, C_{4}H_{7}NO_{4}, HOOC·CH_{2}·CHNH_{2}·COOH, amino-succinic acid.
Hydrolysis by means of acids or alkalis converts the asparagines into aspartic acid; whilst on heating with water in a sealed tube they are converted into ammonium aspartate.
Among the intermediate products may be mentioned various acids of the amido-acetic series, as amido-acetic (glycocine, glycocoll), amido-propionic (alanine), and amido-caproic (leucine); and of the amido-succinic series (amido-succinic = aspartic acid).[33] [32] Lorenz, Pflüger’s Arch., xlvii.