asparagine

English

Alternative forms

aspargine

Etymology

From French asparagine, from Latin asparagus + French -ine. By surface analysis, asparagus +‎ -ine.[1]

Noun

asparagine (uncountable)

(biochemistry) A nonessential amino acid C₄H₈N₂O₃ found in plants such as asparagus.

Synonyms

Asn

Derived terms

Translations

nonessential amino acid C₄H₈N₂O₃

Catalan: asparagina f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 天冬酰胺 (tin¹ dung¹ sin¹ on¹)

Mandarin: 天冬酰胺 (tiāndōngxiān'àn)
Czech: asparagin m
Esperanto: asparagino
Finnish: asparagiini
French: asparagine (fr) f
German: Asparagin (de) n
Greek: ασπαραγίνη (el) f (asparagíni)
Hungarian: aszparagin
Ido: asparagino (io)
Japanese: アスパラギン (asuparagin)
Kazakh: аспарагин (asparagin)
Polish: asparagina (pl) f
Portuguese: asparagina f
Romanian: asparagină f
Spanish: asparagina (es) f

References

“asparagine”, in Collins English Dictionary.

French

Etymology

From Latin asparagus +‎ -ine.

Pronunciation

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Noun

asparagine f (plural asparagines)

(biochemistry) asparagine

Descendants

→ English: asparagine

Further reading

“asparagine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Noun

asparagine f

plural of asparagina

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