Definitions for asparagine

asparagine as·par·a·gine

Spelling: [uh-spar-uh-jeen, -jin]
IPA: /əˈspær əˌdʒin, -dʒɪn/

Asparagine is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 635 anagrams from letters in asparagine (aaaeginprs).

Definitions for asparagine

noun

  1. a white, crystalline, amino acid, NH 2 COCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, soluble in water, obtained from certain plants, especially legumes, and used chiefly as a nutrient in culture media for certain bacteria. Symbol: N. Abbreviation: Asn;

Origin of asparagine

From French, dating back to 1805-15; See origin at asparagus, -ine2

Examples for asparagine

Then he prepared a gelatine solution with a little sugar, asparagine, and other materials, and added the nodule-extract.

Besides solutions containing ammonium salts and urea, I have succeeded in nitrifying solutions of asparagine, milk, and rape cake.

The diuretic action is extremely feeble, and neither the plant nor asparagine is now used medicinally.

Aspartic acid, on the contrary, had presented to him molecular dissymmetry, like asparagine itself.

When some other source of nitrogen is present, such as asparagine or an ammonium salt, the amount falls to 005 to 01.

The influence of small amounts of asparagine in enormously increasing the hydrolytic effect of amylase is an example.

Word Value for asparagine
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