aspartic acid

aspartic acid
/euh spahr"tik/, Biochem.
a nonessential amino acid, C4H7NO4, produced by the hydrolysis of asparagine and proteins, found chiefly in young sugar cane and sugar-beet molasses, and used in the preparation of culture media and as a dietary supplement. Abbr.: Asp; Symbol: D Also called aminosuccinic acid.
[1830-40; ASPAR(AGUS) + -TIC]

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One of the nonessential amino acids, found in many proteins and closely related to asparagine.

It is used in medical and biochemical research, as an organic intermediate, and in various industrial applications. It is one of the two components of aspartame.

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      an amino acid (q.v.) obtainable as a product of the hydrolysis of proteins. First isolated in 1868 from legumin in plant seeds, aspartic acid is one of several so-called nonessential amino acids for mammals; i.e., they can synthesize it from oxaloacetic acid (formed in the metabolism of carbohydrates) and do not require dietary sources.

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