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N(6)-carboxymethyllysine
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N-Carboxymethyllysine (CML), also known as N(epsilon)-(carboxymethyl)lysine, is an advanced glycation endproduct
(AGE). CML has been the most used marker for AGEs in food analysis.
Advanced glycation endproduct
An advanced glycation end-product is the result of a chain of chemical reactions after an initial glycation reaction. The intermediate products are known, variously, as Amadori, Schiff base and Maillard products, named after the researchers who first described them. An advanced glycation...
(AGE). CML has been the most used marker for AGEs in food analysis.