glycine

2 ENTRIES FOUND:

gly·cine

noun \ˈglī-ˌsēn, ˈglī-sən\

Definition of GLYCINE

: a sweet crystalline amino acid C2H5NO2 obtained especially by hydrolysis of proteins

First Known Use of GLYCINE

1851

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