Amino Acids Mnemonics – Tricks to Remember

The mnemonics to easily remember different types of amino acids are listed below. Medical Students can use these tricks to recall the names of Amino acids whenever needed.

1) Basic

Tricks to Remember: Loves His Art

  • Lysin
  • Histidine
  • Arginine

2) Acidic

Tricks to Remember: As Glue

  • Aspartic acid
  • Glutamic acid

3) Polar

Tricks to Remember: Serina Threw her Cyster (sister) to Get Asparagus.

  • Serine
  • Threonine
  • Cysteine
  • Glycine
  • Asparagine

4. Aromatic

Tricks to remember: Phenyl-Ty Tyre

  • Phenylalanine
  • Tryptophan
  • Tyrosine

5. Non Polar

Tricks to remember – Professor Leucy Is Already at Valley Ground to Meet him.

  • Proline
  • Leucine
  • Isoleucine
  • Alanine
  • Glycine
  • Methionine