Examples of asparagine in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Rothamsted Research this month applied for a permit to field test wheat edited to contain less asparagine, an amino acid that becomes the carcinogen acrylamide when baked. — Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 26 May 2021 And removing asparagine, an amino acid abundant in asparagus, from mouse diets curbed the spread of metastatic breast cancer, suggesting the diet could enhance drug treatments. — Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | AAAS, 1 Apr. 2021 When food is cooked at very high heat, an amino acid called asparagine can react with sugars to produce acrylamide. — Alix Wall, sun-sentinel.com, 10 July 2019 All are among foods with high levels of asparagine, an amino acid researchers suggest is associated with spreading cancer. — Sean Rossman, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2018 Acrylamide is the product of a chemical reaction that happens between certain sugars and the amino acid asparagine when the food is heated. — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 30 Mar. 2018 Fruits and vegetables contain low levels of asparagine. — Sean Rossman, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2018 The amino acid asparagine was named after asparagus, thanks to its abundance in the vegetable’s juice, where it was first discovered. — Ashleigh Spitza, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2017

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