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β-amino acid

β-amino acid is the abbreviation of beta-amino acid.

Meaning of beta-amino acid

Noun

beta-amino acid (plural beta-amino acids)

  1. Any amino acid that has the amino and carboxylic functional groups attached to adjacent carbon atoms; beta-alanine is the only one that occurs in nature, but not in peptides or proteins.

Forms of β-amino acid

pluralβ-amino acids

Questions about β-amino acid

What is β-amino acid the abbreviation of?
Β-amino acid is the abbreviation of beta-amino acid.

Words near β-amino acid in the dictionary

  1. α-pinene
  2. α-PVP
  3. α-pyrrolidinopentiophenone
  4. β error
  5. β errors
  6. β-amino acid
  7. β-amino acids
  8. β-antithrombin
  9. β-blocker
  10. β-blockers
  11. β-carotene

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