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Simple Methods for the Structural Elucidation of Binary Amino Acid Complexes of Chromium with L-Amino Acids

K. S. Karthikeyan, K. Sivarama Sastry

Abstract


The present work illustrates the simple methods for synthesizing binary amino acid complexes of chromium with natural L-amino acids, and discusses the different procedures involved therein. It highlights the fact that, for biological studies the first prerequisite is that the chemical synthesis of compounds needs to meet the ends in that fashion wherein they are stable for in vitro studies and such methods have been devised and discussed in detail.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37628/ijbb.v3i2.209

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