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Amino Group

The amino group is a functional group consisting of a nitrogen atom bonded to hydrogen atoms, typically represented as -NH?, that serves as a defining structural feature of amino acids and many other biologically important molecules. Research published in the International Journal of Amino Acids addresses diverse as…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 9 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 11× across the literature 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

The amino group is a functional group consisting of a nitrogen atom bonded to hydrogen atoms, typically represented as -NH?, that serves as a defining structural feature of amino acids and many other biologically important molecules. Research published in the International Journal of Amino Acids addresses diverse aspects of amino group chemistry and biology, including methods for protecting lysine side-chain amino groups during aqueous-phase peptide synthesis, analytical techniques for determining neutral amino acids through iodometric methods using potassium iodate, and the synthesis of modified nucleoside analogues where amino group positioning affects biological activity. The journal has also examined amino acid metabolism in various contexts, such as metabolomic profiling following toxicant exposure in fish hepatic tissue, the effects of dietary protein composition on skeletal muscle development, and glycine supplementation's influence on catecholamine secretion in metabolic disorders. Additional work has explored amino acids' roles in pH-sensitive drug delivery systems for cancer treatment and their significance in proteome-level analysis for disease diagnosis. This research underscores the amino group's centrality to both fundamental biochemistry and applied fields ranging from synthetic chemistry to nutrition and pharmacology.

Research published in this journal

9 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 9 articles above have been cited 11 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Journal of Amino Acids.

Journal editorial board
Nicolas Inguimbert · France

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