Biologically Active Substance
aspartic acid
as·par·tic ac·id [ uh-spahr-tik ]
Effect:
Metabolic Activity Alteration
May Prevent:
Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
May Treat:
Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
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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 ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Amino acid with side chain -CH2COO-.CRCH Nutrition TerminologyCancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, 2021
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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 HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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