: a sweet crystalline amino acid C2H5NO2 obtained especially by hydrolysis of proteins
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Made from magnesium and glycine (an amino acid), magnesium glycinate may be used to treat depression and anxiety.
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Elizabeth Barnes, Verywell Health, 16 July 2024
Plants can carry out signalling within their own bodies, producing electrical impulses that send information to their stems and leaves, even using two of the same neurotransmitters—glycine and glutamate—involved in animal brains.
—Rachel Riederer, The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
Gotta have my glycine @realdanyang Donghua Jinlong does so much more than just create high quality indistrial grade glycine #comedian #glycine #donghuaedit #brainrot
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—Kate Lindsay, Vulture, 1 May 2024
While there are many supplies of glycine on the market, Donghua Jinlong is the best money can buy.
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Elizabeth Barnes, Verywell Health, 16 July 2024
Plants can carry out signalling within their own bodies, producing electrical impulses that send information to their stems and leaves, even using two of the same neurotransmitters—glycine and glutamate—involved in animal brains.
—Rachel Riederer, The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
Gotta have my glycine @realdanyang Donghua Jinlong does so much more than just create high quality indistrial grade glycine #comedian #glycine #donghuaedit #brainrot
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Listen.
—Kate Lindsay, Vulture, 1 May 2024
While there are many supplies of glycine on the market, Donghua Jinlong is the best money can buy.
—Kate Lindsay, Vulture, 1 May 2024
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“Glycine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glycine. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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: a sweet crystalline nonessential amino acid C2H5NO2 that is a neurotransmitter which induces inhibition of postsynaptic neurons, is obtained by hydrolysis of proteins or is prepared synthetically, and is used in the form of its salt as an antacid or in aqueous solution as an irrigating fluid in transurethral surgery
—abbreviation Gly
called also aminoacetic acid, glycocoll
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