Authors: Ali A Ensafi, Samira DADKHAH-TEHRANI, Hassan KARIMI-MALEH

Publication date: 2011/4/10

Journal name: Analytical Sciences

Volume: 27

Pages: 409

Amino acids, which are of great importance in biochemistry, are molecules composed of one
amine group, a carboxylic acid group, and one of a series of side chains that vary among
different amino acids. Amino acids play central roles both as building blocks for proteins and
as intermediates in metabolism. These two roles are played by the twenty-two standard
amino acids taken up by the human body, which are either used to synthesize proteins and
other biomolecules or are oxidized to urea and carbon dioxide to produce energy. 1 ...