ABSTRACT
The amino acids included in these tables are those for which reliable evidence exists for their occurrence in nature. These tables are intended as a guide to the primary literature in which the isolation and characterization of the amino acids are reported. Originally, it was planned to include more factual data on the chemical and physical properties of these compounds; however, the many different conditions employed by various authors in measuring these properties (i.e., chromatography and spectral data) made them difficult to arrange into useful tables. The rotation values are as given in the references cited; unfortunately, in some cases there is no information given on temperature, solvent, or concentration.
