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Amino acids jẹ awọn nkan ipilẹ ti o jẹ awọn ọlọjẹ, ati pe o jẹ awọn agbo ogun Organic ninu eyiti awọn ọta hydrogen lori awọn ọta erogba ti awọn acid carboxylic ti rọpo nipasẹ awọn ẹgbẹ amino.
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Tito nkan lẹsẹsẹ ati gbigba awọn ọlọjẹ ninu ara jẹ aṣeyọri nipasẹ awọn amino acids
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Awari ti amino acids bẹrẹ ni France ni 1806, nigbati chemists Louis Nicolas Vauquelin ati Pierre Jean Robiquet ya a yellow lati asparagus (nigbamii Mọ bi asparagine), akọkọ amino acid a se awari.