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Trimethylglycine vs Glycine - What's the difference?

trimethylglycine | glycine |

As nouns the difference between trimethylglycine and glycine

is that trimethylglycine is an organic compound related to choline, with the difference that the terminal carboxylic acid group of trimethylglycine has been reduced to a hydroxyl group in choline while glycine is a nonessential amino acid, amino-acetic acid, C2H5NO2 found in most proteins but especially in sugar cane; the simplest amino acid.

trimethylglycine

English

Noun

(-)
  • (organic chemistry) An organic compound related to choline, with the difference that the terminal carboxylic acid group of trimethylglycine has been reduced to a hydroxyl group in choline.

    • Synonyms

    * glycine betaine * TMG

    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