Aspartic Acid Definition

ə-spärtĭk

noun

A nonessential amino acid, C₄ H₇ NO₄ , found especially in young sugar cane and sugar-beet molasses.

American Heritage

A nonessential amino acid, COOHCH₂CH(NH₂)COOH.

Webster's New World

A nonessential amino acid, C₄ H₇ NO₄ , found especially in young sugarcane and sugar-beet molasses.

American Heritage Medicine

(biochemistry) A nonessential amino acid, L-α-amino-succinic acid, (C₄H₇NO₄), found in animal protein and in sugar beet etc.

Wiktionary

Origin of Aspartic Acid

From asparagus (from its being obtained from an amino acid found in asparagus)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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