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Common name
« on: November 19, 2007, 08:31:01 AM »
This might be trivial to you (I hope).

Is there a common name for (most or all of) these:


Nucleotides
Betaglucan
Betain
Alginate
Lysine
Methionine


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Re: Common name
« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2007, 08:45:09 AM »
You just use the most common names
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Re: Common name
« Reply #2 on: November 19, 2007, 08:56:23 AM »
 :)

I see that this question could be misinterpreted. Pardon my english!

Let me try to rephrase the question:

Does these "things" belong under something else? I believe Lysine and methionine are enzymes for example, but are all of these enzymes or can you group them under something else?


Thanks for your effort!
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Re: Common name
« Reply #3 on: November 19, 2007, 05:10:06 PM »
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I believe Lysine and methionine are enzymes for example, but are all of these enzymes or can you group them under something else?

Lysine and methionine are amino acids (components of enzymes). 
B-glucan and Alginate are polysaccharides.
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Re: Common name
« Reply #4 on: November 20, 2007, 02:09:13 AM »
Thank you :)

I guess (with the exception of nucleotides) one could refer to this collection of chemical components as "Amino acids and polysaccharides".


...or would I be wrong if I just refered to all of these as "chemical compunds"?
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Re: Common name
« Reply #5 on: November 20, 2007, 02:34:40 AM »
Yes, they're all chemical compounds (though I have never heard of 'betain')
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Re: Common name
« Reply #6 on: November 20, 2007, 02:50:37 AM »
I guess it's "betaine". Thanks!
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Re: Common name
« Reply #7 on: November 20, 2007, 03:09:46 AM »
They are all biologically important chemical compounds I think.

Alginate being biologically important in algae, the others important in humans.
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