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Threonine, Threose, and Erythrose

Threonine, Threose, and Erythrose

13th Oct 201914th Nov 2020 Leave a comment

Unlike essential oils, essential amino acids are a well named category of compounds. Referring to those that we are unable to make for ourselves and must be consumed in the diet, it was this property that was key to the discovery of the last of the twenty common amino acids: threonine.  The Last Essential Amino… Continue reading Threonine, Threose, and Erythrose

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