English-French translations for amino acid

• acide aminé
  Ces personnes souffrent de phénylcétonurie, affection héréditaire en vertu de laquelle les malades sont incapables de métaboliser l’acide aminé phénylalanine. They are the sufferers of the inherited disease PKU, who are unable to metabolise the amino acid phenylaline.

Definition of amino acid

• Any organic compound containing both an amino and a carboxylic acid functional group

Related words

• α-amino acid
• gamma-aminobutyric acid
• alpha-amino acid
• polyaminopolycarboxylic acid
• aminobenzoic acid
• aminosalicylic acid
• aminocaproic acid
• aminolevulinic acid
• para-Aminobenzoic acid