Pandeeswar, M.
(Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchChemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), 2011)
The term ‗amino acid‘ is generally understood to refer to the aminoalkanoic acids. They are
compounds containing an amino group( NH2) and a carboxylic acid group (-COOH) with
general formula H3N
(CR1R2)n COO
n ...