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- noun organic chemistry The
univalent radical -CH2-CH2-COOH derived frompropanoic acid
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ROMEO, J.T. and SWAIN, L.A. (1986) Persistence of non-protein seed amino acid S - (- carboxyethyl) cysteine in young leaves of Calliandra rubescens: ecological implications.
Chapter 7 1994
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