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Alanine and Phenylalanine

14th Nov 2020 Leave a comment

Alanine was one of the few amino acids to be produced synthetically before it was discovered as part of proteins. It was first synthesised in 1850 by the German chemist Adolph Strecker, who was trying to make lactic acid from acetaldehyde, after Justus Liebig had shown the reverse reaction to be possible.1,2 He did manage… Continue reading Alanine and Phenylalanine

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