Industry News
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Announcement on the inclusion of 18 substances in the “Additional Catalogue of Controlled Varieties of Non-medicinal Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Drugs”
In accordance with the relevant provisions of the "Regulations on the Administration of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Drugs" and "Measures for the Listing of Non-medicinal Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Drugs", the Ministry of Public Security, the National Health Comm...Read more -
How Amino Acids were Discovered
Amino acids are a crucial, yet basic unit of protein, and they contain an amino group and a carboxylic group. They play an extensive role in gene expression process, which includes an adjustment of protein functions that facilitate messenger RNA (mRNA) translation (Scot et al., 2006). There are o...Read more -
Properties of Amino Acids
The properties of α-amino acids are complex, yet simplistic in that every molecule of an amino acid involves two functional groups: carboxyl (-COOH) and amino (-NH2). Each molecule can contain a side chain or R group, e.g. Alanine is an example of standard amino acid containing methyl side chain...Read more
