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Which was the first amino acid to be discovered, isolated from asparagus in 1806?
AGlycine
BLeucine
CThreonine
DAsparagine
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Asparagine
Vauquelin and Robiquet isolated it from asparagus, and it was named asparagine.
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