- Title
- L-arginine
- Creator
- Baines, Surinder
- Relation
- Herbs & Natural Supplements: An Evidence-Based Guide p. 207-212
- Relation
- http://www.elsevierhealth.com.au/Health-Professions/specialty/book/9780729539104/Herbs-and-Natural-Supplements
- Publisher
- Elsevier Australia
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 2010
- Description
- L-Arginine is a basic, semi-essential amino acid that was discovered in 1886 in lupin seedlings and then in 1895 in mammalian protein (Boger & Bode-Boger 2001). For humans L-arginine is considered to be a semi-essential amino acid or a conditionally essential amino acid, as requirements may increase during metabolic stress or when there is insufficient endogenous L-arginine for optimal growth or tissue repair; for birds and carnivores it is an essential amino acid. It is also the most abundant nitrogen carrier in animals and humans.
- Description
- 3rd ed.
- Subject
- L-arginine; arginine; amino acids
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/932557
- Identifier
- uon:11384
- Identifier
- ISBN:9780729539104
- Language
- eng
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