At sea level, a normal blood oxygen level (saturation) is usually 96 - 97%. Although there are no generally accepted classifications for severity of oxygen desaturation, reductions to not less than 90% usually are considered mild.Dips into the 80 - 89% range can be considered moderate, and those below 80% are severe.t sea level, a normal blood oxygen level (saturation) is usually 96 - 97%. Although there are no generally accepted classifications for severity of oxygen desaturation, reductions to not less than 90% usually are considered mild.
Because all amino acids contain amine and carboxylic acid functional groups, they share amphiprotic properties. Below pH 2.2, the predominant form will have a neutral carboxylic acid group and a positive Î±-ammonium ion (net charge +1), and above pH 9.4, a negative carboxylate and neutral Î±-amino group (net charge â1).
Alpha amino acids have the -COOH and -NH2 groups both attached to the same carbon atom, called the alpha carbon atom. The simplest amino acid, which is the molecule glycine, H2NCH2COOH, contains no asymmetric carbon atoms (tetrahedral carbon atoms with four different groups attached). All of the other amino acids do contain such a carbon atom and are therefore optically active.