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  Amino Acids - Aspartic Acid
Aspartic acid is one of two acidic amino acids.
Aspartic acid and glutamic acid play important roles as general acids in enzyme active centers, as well as in maintaining the solubility and ionic character of proteins.
Aspartic acid is alanine with one of the β hydrogens replaced by a carboxylic acid group.
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 Aspartic Acid   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Aspartic acid is responsible for the synthesis of both essential and nonessential amino acids, including; arginine, asparagine, isoleucine, lysine, methionine, threonine, and various nucleotides.
Due to this process, aspartic acid does not have to be solely obtained from diet.
Aspartame is a dipeptide composed of the amino acids aspartic acid and phenylalanine.
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 amino acid power --> About Amino Acids
Glutamic Acid is a precursor to Glutamine and GABA (2 neurotransmitters).
Precursor to the neurotransmitter amino acid Glutamate (Glutamic Acid).
Precursor of the amino acids Cysteine (and Cystine) and Taurine.
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 Smart Basics - Smart Basics Glossaries--Aspartic Acid: Smart Basics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Aspartic acid is one of two major excitatory amino acids within the brain (The other is glutamic acid).
Depleted levels of aspartic acid may occur temporarily within certain tissues under stress, but, because the body is able to make its own aspartic acid to replace any depletion, deficiency states do not occur.
Aspartic acid is abundant in plants, especially in sprouting seeds.
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 aspartic acid - HighBeam Encyclopedia
ASPARTIC ACID [aspartic acid], organic compound, one of the 20 amino acids commonly found in animal proteins.
Aspartic acid is not essential to the human diet.
The Effect of the Dis-integrin Peptide Arginine-Glycine-Aspartic Acid on Protoplasts of Boergesenia forbesii.
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 Proteins & Amino Acids - Aspartic Acid
Aspartic acid is a nonessential amino acid, which means that it is manufactured from other amino acids in the liver; it does not have to be obtained directly through the diet.
Aspartic acid is very important in the urea cycle for the proper elimination of waste products from dietary protein.
Aspartic acid has been used as mineral salts such as magnesium aspartate or potassium aspartate to help improve energy production in exercising muscles.
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 Aspartic Acid
ASPARTIC ACID is a non-essential amino acid, existing mainly in the form of its amide, asparagine.
Aspartic acid may also be a significant immunostimulant of the thymus and can protect against some of the damaging effects of radiation.
Aspartic acid is found in abundance in plant protein especially sprouting seeds.
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 Aspartic Acid -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Aspartic acid, also known as aspartate, the name of its anion, is one of the 20 natural proteinogenic amino acids which are the building blocks of proteins.
Aspartic acid has a molecular weight of 133.10, a van der Waals radius of 91 and an isoelectric point of 2.85.
The acidity constant (or acid dissociation constant) is the equilibrium constant for the reaction of AH with water: :
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 Amino Acids - Glutamic acid
The side chain carboxyl of aspartic acid is referred to as the β carboxyl group, while that of glutamic acid is referred to as the γ carboxyl group.
Glutamic acid and α-ketoglutarate, an intermediate in the Krebs cycle, are interconvertible by transamination.
Glutamic acid can therefore enter the Krebs cycle for energy metabolism, and be converted by the enzyme glutamine synthetase into glutamine, which is one of the key players in nitrogen metabolism.
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 Aspartic acid - herbs 2000.com
Because aspartic acid increases stamina, it is good for fatigue and plays a vital role in metabolism.
Chronic fatigue may result from low levels of aspartic acid, because this leads to lowered cellular energy.
Aspartic acid combines with other amino acids to form molecules that absorb toxins and remove them from the bloodstream.
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 Athletes.com - Aspartic Acid Info And Products! Full Aspartic Acid Guide!
Aspartic Acid is a non-essential amino acid, which means that it can be manufactured by the body with proper nutrition.
Even though Aspartic Acid is considered a non-essential amino acid, it does play a major role in metabolism.
Aspartic acid is one of the key components in all living things.
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 Neonatal sex steroids affect ventilatory responses to aspartic acid and NMDA receptor subunit 1 in rats -- Shi and ...
Ventilation in response to PBS and aspartic acid.
The effect of PBS compared with aspartic acid on f is depicted in Fig.
responses to PBS and aspartic acid are depicted in Fig.
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 MoonDragon's Health & Wellness: Nutrition - Amino Acids: Aspartic Acid
It is one of the components necessary to move high energy NADH molecules from the main body of a cell to its mitochondria, or primary energy-production areas.
Aspartic acid is one of two amino acids (the other is glutamic acid) that has a negatively charged carboxylate group on the side chain.
Although aspartic acid is considered a non-essential amino acid, it plays a paramount role in metabolism during construction of other amino acids and biochemicals in the citric acid cycle.
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 Poly(Aspartic Acid) Degradation by a Sphingomonas sp. Isolated from Freshwater -- Tabata et al. 65 (9): 4268 -- Applied ...
The poly(aspartic acid) (PAA), belonging to the family of synthetic polypeptides, is a biodegradable water-soluble polymer.
-aspartic acid in the presence of phosphoric acid as a catalyst
acid with phosphoric acid as a catalyst at 160 to 200°C. The procedures
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 Effects of N-methyl-D-aspartic acid and kainic acid on prolactin secretion in hyper- and hypoprolactinaemic conditions ...
This effect was independent of serum PRL concentrations and was not accompanied by a decrease in pituitary concentrations of dopamine.
The inhibitory effects of NMDA and kainic acid were blocked by domperidone.
(b) The stimulatory or inhibitory effects of NMDA and kainic acid on PRL secretion were not strictly related to basal PRL concentrations and necessarily involved a change in the secretion of prolactin releasing factors, as no correlations were observed between changes in pituitary concentrations of dopamine and serum PRL concentrations.
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 aspartic acid — Infoplease.com
glutamic acid - glutamic acid, organic compound, one of the 20 amino acids commonly found in animal proteins.
The shell in the soap.(biodegradable polymer of aspartic acid found in oyster shell is useful in detergents and diapers)
Using amino acid analysis to determine absorptivity constants: a validation case study using bovine serum albumin.
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 Critical Aspartic Acid Residues in Pseudouridine Synthases -- Ramamurthy et al. 274 (32): 22225 -- Journal of ...
Note that the glycine five amino acids downstream of the D is not present in all identified homologs of these proteins.
The precise role of the critical aspartic acid residues also remains the domain of future experiments.
to TruB in the region of the critical aspartic acid residue (33).
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 Supplements A to Z - Real Muscle Building and Fitness SOLUTIONS
Aspartic acid, a fairly controversial amino acid, appeared on the sports nutrition market as an endurance enhancer.
Unfortunately, while the preliminary research suggested aspartic acid could significantly reduce exercise-induced fatigue, most studies have shown that as far as athletic performance goes, this isn't a top dog.
Although aspartic acid is nontoxic, it is not advisable to supplement with high amounts for long periods of time.
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 Reference Guide For AMINO ACIDS
Studies have shown that is has improved immune responses to bacteria, viruses and tumor cells; promotes wound healing and regeneration of the liver; causes the release of growth hormones; considered crucial for optimal muscle growth and tissue repair.
Recent studies have shown that Aspartic Acid may increase resistance to fatigue and increase endurance.
Taurine and sulfur are considered to be factors necessary for the control of many biochemical changes that take place in the aging process; aids in the clearing of free radical wastes.
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 Aspartic acid information page. All about aspartic acid and the role it plays in your diet. (via CobWeb/3.1 ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
All about aspartic acid and the role it plays in your diet.
It is of paramount importance in the metabolism during construction of other amino acids and biochemicals in the citric acid cycle.
Among the biochemicals that are synthesized from aspartic acid are asparagine, arginine, lysine, methionine, threonine, isoleucine, and several nucleotides.
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The same L-Aspartic Acid manufactured in bulk is available in a small package size for research and development applications.
Our Small Pack pharmaceutical grade L-Aspartic Acid is of the highest quality and will not require revalidation as the project progresses from research to full production.
All amino acids are produced under cGMP conditions.
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 Montiff PURE L-ASPARTIC ACID   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Because of this association, low Aspartic Acid levels should lead the clinician to test for calcium and magnesium levels.
Aspartic Acid is also involved in glucose metabolism.
Aspartic acid is an important part of the urea cycle, which is the biochemical pathway for elimination of waste products from dietary protein.
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 Aspartic acid
Aspartic acid, also called asparaginic acid, is one of the nonessential amino acids.
Aspartic acid is found primarily in sugar cane and molasses.
The information provided should not be used during any medical emergency or for the diagnosis or treatment of any medical condition.
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 L-Aspartic Acid
By supplementing your diet with pure amino acids, you are saving your body the necessary step of breaking down dietary protein to obtain these amino acids.
The advantage of free form amino acid powder over whole or partially hydrolyzed protein is that they can be directly absorbed providing maximum and rapid absorption.
Each free form amino acid powder comes in a glass bottle to minimize the hydroscopic effects.
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 Aspartic Acid Nutrition Index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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 Aspartic acid
"Nonessential" means that our bodies produce it even if we don't get this amino acid from the food we eat.
Amino acids are the building blocks for proteins.
The information provided herein should not be used during any medical emergency or for the diagnosis or treatment of any medical condition.
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 Aspartic acid information page. All about aspartic acid and the role it plays in your diet.
Aspartic acid is a non-essential amino acid and is found in abundance in plant proteins, especially in sprouting seeds but can be manufactured in the body from oxaloacetic acid and was first isolated in 1868 from legumin in plant seed.
Aspartic acid, as well as glutamic acid, is the only amino acid that has a negatively charged carboxylate group on the side chain.
Aspartic acid found in the following Zest for Life products
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 Aspartic Acid and Asparagine (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Aspartic acid is a non-essential amino acid which is crucial for general body metabolism.
Asparagine is of therapeutic use in brain and neurological imbalances.
This amino acid increases the resistance to fatigue, thereby stepping up the stamina of athletes.
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 Aspartic acid definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms
Aspartic acid definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms
Aspartic acid: An amino acid, one of the 20 building blocks of protein.
A amino acid that is not essential to the human diet, aspartic acid was discovered in protein in 1868.
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 Aspartic Molecule
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Aspartic acid or aspartate is one of the 20 most common natural
Aspartic acid may provide resistance to fatigue and thus lead to possessing more endurance.
www.worldofmolecules.com /life/aspartic_acid.htm   (65 words)

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