Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sweet-tasting crystalline nonessential amino acid, C2H5NO2, that is the principal amino acid occurring in sugar cane. The simplest amino acid found in protein, it is derived from the alkaline hydrolysis of gelatin and used in biochemical research and medicine.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of plants of the family Fabaceæ. See
Apios . - noun A name incorrectly applied to Soia, a genus of plants belonging to the family Fabaceæ and including the soy-bean. See
Soia .
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- noun biochemistry A
nonessential amino acid , amino-acetic acid, C2H5NO2 found in mostproteins but especially insugar cane ; the simplestamino acid .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun genus of Asiatic erect or sprawling herbs: soya bean
- noun the simplest amino acid found in proteins and the principal amino acid in sugar cane
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Besides production situation, this report also provides answers to the key issues in Chinese glycine industry as follows.
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The soybean is a legume belonging to the genus glycine, which is related to clover, peas, and alfalfa.
Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008
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The soybean is a legume belonging to the genus glycine, which is related to clover, peas, and alfalfa.
Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008
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The soybean is a legume belonging to the genus glycine, which is related to clover, peas, and alfalfa.
Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008
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The soybean is a legume belonging to the genus glycine, which is related to clover, peas, and alfalfa.
Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008
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Naurex has used these discoveries to generate novel chemical drug classes known as glycine site functional partial agonists (GFPAs).
Medindia Health News 2009
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Covalent linkage of a PKG-specific substrate analogue was localized in the catalytic core on residues 356-372, also known as the glycine-rich loop, essential for ATP binding.
Journal of Biological Chemistry current issue Pinkse, M. W. H., Rijkers, D. T. S., Dostmann, W. 2009
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A substance such as glycine (this name too comes from the Greek word for "sweet"), which is not related to the sugars and does not possess an ordinary hydroxyl group, is sweet to the taste.
The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963
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Some amino acids, such as glycine, glutamine and, among others arginine, combine with and neutralize toxins.
Wil's Ebay E-Store 2010
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Growth hormones such as glycine, glutamines and amino acids can help you grow taller.
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