Amino acids: Chemistry, diversity and physical properties

The occurrence, chemistry, resolution, and analysis of amino acids published in the literature from 2013 finished with the year of 2016 are reviewed in this Chapter which is arranged in sections similar to previous Volumes in this Specialist Periodical report. Scientific Papers published during 2013-2016 have been sourced mainly from the Web of Science databases and Pubmed on the internet and from scanning a selection of major journals. © 2018 The Royal Society of Chemistry.