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O4386

L-Ornithine monohydrochloride

≥99%, BioXtra

Synonym(s):

(S)-2,5-Diaminopentanoic acid monohydrochloride

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C5H12N2O2 · HCl
CAS Number:
3184-13-2
Molecular Weight:
168.62
NACRES:
NA.26
PubChem Substance ID:
24897996
UNSPSC Code:
12352209
EC Number:
221-678-6
MDL number:
MFCD00064562
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
3625847

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Product Name

L-Ornithine monohydrochloride, BioXtra, ≥99%

InChI key

GGTYBZJRPHEQDG-WCCKRBBISA-N

InChI

1S/C5H12N2O2.ClH/c6-3-1-2-4(7)5(8)9;/h4H,1-3,6-7H2,(H,8,9);1H/t4-;/m0./s1

SMILES string

Cl.NCCC[C@H](N)C(O)=O

product line

BioXtra

assay

≥99%

form

powder

impurities

ammonia- and citrulline-free, essentially free
≤0.005% Phosphorus (P)
≤0.1% Insoluble matter

ign. residue

≤0.1%

color

white

solubility

H2O: 1 M at 20 °C, clear, faintly yellow

anion traces

sulfate (SO42-): ≤0.05%

cation traces

Al: ≤0.0005%
Ca: ≤0.005%
Cu: ≤0.0005%
Fe: ≤0.0005%
K: ≤0.005%
Mg: ≤0.0005%
NH4+: ≤0.05%
Na: ≤0.005%
Pb: ≤0.001%
Zn: ≤0.0005%

Quality Level

200

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Biochem/physiol Actions

L-Ornithine is a not encoded by DNA. It is a free amino acid but do not participate in the protein synthesis. It is formed by the action of the enzyme arginase on L-arginine in the process of forming urea. It is implicated in the reduction of blood ammonia level and improves the efficiency of energy production to cause ammonia detoxification. L-ornithine promotes the release of growth hormone by triggering the pituitary gland.

Other Notes

Product of arginine degradation by arginase

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)

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0000414359
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SLCR1016

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The effect of L-ornithine hydrochloride ingestion on performance during incremental exhaustive ergometer bicycle exercise and ammonia metabolism during and after exercise
Demura S, et al.
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 64(10), 1166-1171 (2010)
L-ornithine supplementation attenuates physical fatigue in healthy volunteers by modulating lipid and amino acid metabolism
Sugino T, et al.
Nutrition Research (New York, N.Y.), 28(11), 738-743 (2008)
Nicole Berthold et al.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 57(1), 402-409 (2012-11-02)
Proline-rich antimicrobial peptides (PrAMPs) from insects and mammals have recently been evaluated for their pharmaceutical potential in treating systemic bacterial infections. Besides the native peptides, several shortened, modified, or even artificial sequences were highly effective in different murine infection models.
Isabel Araque et al.
Food microbiology, 33(1), 107-113 (2012-11-06)
The accumulation of citrulline and ornithine in wine or beer as a result of the arginine catabolism of some lactic acid bacteria (LAB) species increases the risk of ethyl carbamate and putrescine formation, respectively. Several LAB species, which are found
Manami Oya et al.
The Journal of biological chemistry, 288(7), 4513-4521 (2012-12-28)
Although amino acids are dietary nutrients that evoke the secretion of glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) from intestinal L cells, the precise molecular mechanism(s) by which amino acids regulate GLP-1 secretion from intestinal L cells remains unknown. Here, we show that
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