[NTG-context] greek characters

Dear list members, I left the font questions until last, but I now need to replace my alpha ("alpha-ketoglurate") etc to greek letters. The only way I could achieve this was by using $\alpha$, but there must be a better way? Thank you very much, Jörg. PD Dr.med. Jörg Hagmann-Zanolari Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics DKBW, University of Basel Mattenstrasse 28 CH-4058 Basel Switzerland Phone +41 (0)61 6953049