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Definition of Asparagine

1. Noun. A crystalline amino acid found in proteins and in many plants (e.g., asparagus).

Definition of Asparagine

1. n. A white, nitrogenous, crystallizable substance, C₄H₈N₂O₃+H₂O, found in many plants, and first obtained from asparagus. It is believed to aid in the disposition of nitrogenous matter throughout the plant; -- called also altheine.

Definition of Asparagine

1. Noun. (amino acid) A nonessential amino acid C₄H₈N₂O₃ found in plants such as asparagus. ¹

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Definition of Asparagine

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Medical Definition of Asparagine

1. Is a nonessential amino acid that was first isolated from sprouting soybeans. Structurally similar to aspartic acid, with an additional amino group on the main carbon skeleton, Asparaginine assists in the metabolic functioning of brain and nervous system cells. When the extra amino group is removed by the brain, the resulting aspartic acid acts as an excitatory transmitter. Aspartic acid has been used to help with fatigue and depression and may be a mild immune stimulant as well. In the body, removal of asparaginines extra amino group allows it to be used interchangeably with aspartic acid in basic protein building. It is easily supplied in normal diets and no toxic effects are known. (22 May 1997)

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Literary usage of Asparagine

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1. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1856)
"the excess of the gas by a stream of dry air : the asparagine then increases in weight by 23-19 ... Anhydrous asparagine absorbs dry hydrochloric acid gas. ..."

2. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1870)
"160), the young shoots of these plants, when formed in the light, contain just as much asparagine as when they are grown in the dark ; but the asparagine ..."

3. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"1874, 17, 88) found that the amount of asparagine in germinating peas increased from ... 1815, 18, 1) found 17'9 pc of asparagine in the dried shoots of ..."

4. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"Certain condensation products of asparagine with other amino- acids are ... As regards the alimentary value of asparagine, it has been found that in the ..."

5. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1913)
"asparagine is also found in the milky juice of the lettuce, and in the young shoots of vetches, beans, peas, and other leguminous plants, though the seeds ..."

6. Commercial Organic Analysis by Alfred Henry Allen, Wm. A. Davis (1913)
"asparagine is also found in the milky juice of the lettuce, and in the young shoots of vetches, beans, peas, and other leguminous plants, though the seeds ..."

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