FIGURE 1.
The chemical structure of β-alanine (C3H7NO2), l-histidine (C6H9N3O2), and carnosine (C9H14N4O3), and the metabolic pathway between carnosine and its constituent amino acids. (Created using Chem Draw (PerkinElmer).)
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