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Amino-Acetone: its Isolation and Role in Metabolism

Nature volume 183, pages 1051–1052 (1959)Cite this article

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A PRELIMINARY study1 of the properties of a metabolite produced by washed suspensions of Staphylococcus aureus led to the provisional assignment of the structure CH3.CO.CH2NH2. This compound, hitherto undetected in Nature, has now been isolated in crystalline form and positively identified as amino-acetone.

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ELLIOTT, W. Amino-Acetone: its Isolation and Role in Metabolism. Nature 183, 1051–1052 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1831051a0

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