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Answer for the clue "A sweetish crystalline amino acid ", 9 letters:
sarcosine

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context organic compound English) The amino acid N-methyl-glycine; it is present in most tissue, and has a number of industrial applications

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Sarcosine , also known as N -methylglycine , is an intermediate and byproduct in glycine synthesis and degradation. Sarcosine is metabolized to glycine by the enzyme sarcosine dehydrogenase , while glycine-N-methyl transferase generates sarcosine from glycine. ...

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n. a sweetish crystalline amino acid