Arginine

Acid-α-amino. The arginine is a Amino-acide aliphatic diamine, polar. The grouping guanidine confers on the molecule a strong alkalinity: phi 10,7. Very abundant in basic proteins associated with the nucleic acids.

The arginine has a grouping guanidyle which releases from urea by enzymatic cleavage.

Used in medicine for its properties:

  • of Amino-acid essence;
  • hypoamomniémiante (releases from the Ornithine which can accept Ammoniac).

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