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Glycine

"Glycine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A non-essential amino acid. It is found primarily in gelatin and silk fibroin and used therapeutically as a nutrient. It is also a fast inhibitory neurotransmitter.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Glycine" by people in this website by year, and whether "Glycine" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 57 publications over 24 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2000 and 2003 and 2005 and 2018
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