Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to or obtained from asparagin. Also asparagic, asparginic.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived, asparagine.

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to aspartic acid or its derivatives

Etymologies

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From asparagus

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Examples

  • DSM's Preventase and Novozyme's Acrylaway both convert asparagine into another amino acid called aspartic acid.

    BakeryAndSnacks RSS 2009

  • Most attention in the past two years for reducing the chemical has focused on the use of enzymes to convert asparagine into another amino acid called aspartic acid, thereby preventing the creation of acrylamide.

    FoodNavigator-USA RSS 2009

  • DSM's Preventase and Novozyme's Acrylaway both convert asparagine into another amino acid called aspartic acid.

    FoodProductionDaily RSS 2009

  • DSM's Preventase and Novozyme's Acrylaway both convert asparagine into another amino acid called aspartic acid.

    BakeryAndSnacks RSS 2009

  • DSM's Preventase and Novozyme's Acrylaway both convert asparagine into another amino acid called aspartic acid.

    BakeryAndSnacks RSS 2009

  • 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.

    Public School Domestic Science Adelaide Hoodless 1884

  • Later, with the advent of an anticodon loop, some amino acids (such as aspartic acid, histidine, arginine) assumed a catalytic role while bound to such extended adaptors, in line with the original coding coenzyme handle (CCH) hypothesis.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2009

  • Blaylock makes use of almost 500 scientific references to show how excess free excitatory amino acids such as aspartic acid and glutamic acid (about 99 percent of monosodium glutamate (MSG) is glutamic acid) in our food supply are causing serious chronic neurological disorders and a myriad of other acute symptoms. (

    In The Days 2008

  • Jerry Nick, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine at National Jewish Health, and his colleagues report in the April 2009 issue of The Journal of Medical Microbiology that a long string of aspartic acid molecules disrupts the molecular bonds that hold together the structure supporting Pseudomonas biofilms.

    Monday shellefly 2009

  • Glutamate, asparagines and glutamine are formed from their precursor, aspartic acid.

    Dr. Joseph Mercola: The Deadly Neurotoxin Nearly EVERYONE Uses Daily (VIDEO) 2010

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