Biologically Active Substance
aspartic acid Audio
as·par·tic ac·id [ uh-spahr-tik ]
Effect:
Metabolic Activity Alteration
May Prevent:
Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
May Treat:
Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
More Information:
ChemID; DrugBank; DailyMed; PDR
Definitions related to aspartic acid:
  • A non-essential amino acid in humans, Aspartic Acid has an overall negative charge and plays an important role in the synthesis of other amino acids and in the citric acid and urea cycles. Asparagine, arginine, lysine, methionine, isoleucine, and some nucleotides are synthesized from aspartic acid. Aspartic acid also serves as a neurotransmitter. (NCI04)
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Amino acid with side chain -CH2COO-.
    CRCH Nutrition Terminology
    Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, 2021
  • One of the non-essential amino acids commonly occurring in the L-form. It is found in animals and plants, especially in sugar cane and sugar beets. It may be a neurotransmitter.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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