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Glycine vs Glucine - What's the difference?

glycine | glucine |

As a proper noun glycine

is .

As a noun glucine is

(mineral) a monoclinic mineral containing beryllium, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.

glycine

English

(wikipedia glycine)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (amino acid) A nonessential amino acid, amino-acetic acid, C2H5NO2 found in most proteins but especially in sugar cane; the simplest amino acid.

    • Synonyms

    * when used as a flavour enhancer * Gly as a monomer in proteins

    glucine

    English

    Noun

  • (mineral) A monoclinic mineral containing beryllium, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.

    • References

    * Glucine in the Mineralogy Database: [http://webmineral.com/data/Glucine.shtml]