Structured Summary
Abstract
Organic compounds that generally contain an amino (-NH2) and a carboxyl (-COOH) group. Twenty alpha-amino acids are the subunits which are polymerized to form proteins.
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Classification
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Narrower headings
- Acidic Amino Acids
- Alanine
- Amino Acid Chloromethyl Ketones
- Aminobutyrates
- Aminocaproates
- Aminolevulinic Acid
- Basic Amino Acids
- Branched-Chain Amino Acids
- Canavanine
- Creatine
- Cyclic Amino Acids
- Diamino Amino Acids
- Dicarboxylic Amino Acids
- Essential Amino Acids
- Excitatory Amino Acids
- Glycine
- Homoserine
- Kynurenine
- Neutral Amino Acids
- Oxamic Acid
- Phosphoamino Acids
- Quisqualic Acid
- Sulfur Amino Acids
- Transfer Amino Acyl RNA
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Synonyms
3 entry terms
- Amino Acid
- Acid, Amino
- Acids, Amino
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Aspects Covered
29 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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Indexing Annotation
/urine permitted but consider also RENAL AMINOACIDURIAS
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History Note
/metabolism was AMINO ACID METABOLISM 1965; /metabolism was AMINO ACID METABOLISM see under PROTEIN METABOLISM 1963-64
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NLM Classification
QU 60
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Amino Acids. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000596. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000596
- Amino Acids. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amino_acid
- Amino Acids. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8066