Assertion: amino acid | /r/Synonym | α-amino acids
Facets:
value: slightly confusingly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: They are known as 2-, alpha-, or α-amino acids (generic formula H 2 NCHRCOOH in most cases,[a] where R is an organic substituent known as a "side chain"); often the term "amino acid" is used to refer specifically to these.
text: They are also known (slightly confusingly) as alpha-amino acids.
text: Amino acids containing an amino group bonded directly to the alpha carbon are referred to as alpha amino acids.