Q: What do you call a compound that contains both an amino group and a carboxyl group in the same molecule?


Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:

An amino acid is a compound that contains both an amino group (−NH 2 ) and a carboxyl group (−COOH) in the same molecule. While any number of amino acids can possibly be imagined, biochemists generally reserve the term for a group of 20 amino acids which are formed and used by living organisms. The Figure below shows the general structure of an amino acid.

 Choices:

- carbolic acid

- compound acid

- catalyst

- amino acid


A:
amino acid