: a sweet crystalline amino acid C2H5NO2 obtained especially by hydrolysis of proteins
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It is made up of three main amino acids—glycine, arginine, and methionine.
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Jillian Kubala, Health, 12 Aug. 2024
The next step was to prove that the glycine came from the comet, not from operations on Earth before the spacecraft was launched.
—Linda Shiner, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2024
Your body makes creatine from three amino acids: arginine, glycine, and methionine.
—Elizabeth Barnes, Verywell Health, 6 Aug. 2024
What is Creatine? Creatine is made from three amino acids: glycine, arginine, and methionine.
—Staff Author, Health, 6 Aug. 2024
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Jillian Kubala, Health, 12 Aug. 2024
The next step was to prove that the glycine came from the comet, not from operations on Earth before the spacecraft was launched.
—Linda Shiner, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2024
Your body makes creatine from three amino acids: arginine, glycine, and methionine.
—Elizabeth Barnes, Verywell Health, 6 Aug. 2024
What is Creatine? Creatine is made from three amino acids: glycine, arginine, and methionine.
—Staff Author, Health, 6 Aug. 2024
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“Glycine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glycine. Accessed 19 Sep. 2024.
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: a sweet crystalline nonessential amino acid C2H5NO2 that is a neurotransmitter which induces inhibition of postsynaptic neurons, is obtained by hydrolysis of proteins or is prepared synthetically, and is used in the form of its salt as an antacid or in aqueous solution as an irrigating fluid in transurethral surgery
—abbreviation Gly
called also aminoacetic acid, glycocoll
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