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PHYSIOLOGY 



MONO - AMINO -A CID s continued 



Aspartic acid ..... 

 Glutamic acid ..... 

 Phenylalanine ..... 

 Tyrosine (oxyphenylalanine) 

 Proline (pyrrolidine carboxylic acid) 

 Oxyproline (oxypyrrolidine carboxylic acid) 



Tryptophane (indolaminopropionic acid) 



Diabasic acids 



Benzene (aromatic) 

 derivatives 



Heterocyclic 



compounds 



DlAMINO-ACIDS AND THEIR COMPOUNDS 



Lysine (diaminocaproic acid) 

 Arginine (guanidinaminovalerianic acid) 

 Histidine (iminazolalanine) .... 

 * Diaminotrioxydodecoic acid ' 



Cystine (derived from aminothiopropionic acid) 



The 

 I ' hexone bases ' 



derived from a 12-carbon acid 

 ( Sulphur-containing 

 \ body 



Those constituents of the food which undergo no oxidation in the body, 

 such as the water and salts, are practically unchanged in the alimentary 

 canal, and are absorbed in their original form into the blood. 



