asparagine

/uh-spar-uh-jeen, -jin/US // əˈspær əˌdʒin, -dʒɪn //UK // (əˈspærəˌdʒiːn, -dʒɪn) //

天冬酰胺,天门冬酰胺,天冬氨酸,天门冬氨酸

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : a white, crystalline, amino acid, NH2COCH2CHCOOH, soluble in water, obtained from certain plants, especially legumes, and used chiefly as a nutrient in culture media for certain bacteria. Abbreviation: Asn; Symbol: N

The influence of small amounts of asparagine in enormously increasing the hydrolytic effect of amylase is an example.
It occurs in two optically active forms, namely, as laevo-asparagine and dextro-asparagine.
The diuretic action is extremely feeble, and neither the plant nor asparagine is now used medicinally.
In common with the marsh-mallow and some other plants, it contains asparagine or aspartic acidamide.
Besides solutions containing ammonium salts and urea, I have succeeded in nitrifying solutions of asparagine, milk, and rape cake.