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Nitroarginine

Catalog No. DB04223 Name DrugBank
CAS Number 2149-70-4 Website http://www.ualberta.ca/
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SYNONYMS

IUPAC name
(2S)-2-amino-5-(1-nitrocarbamimidamido)pentanoic acid
IUPAC Traditional name
nitroarginine
Synonyms
NNA
N-omega-nitro-l-arginine
N(g)-nitroarginine
Nitro-l-arginine
N5-(Nitroamidino)-L-2,5-diaminopentanoic acid
NRG
Ngamma-nitro-l-arginine
L-NNA
N(g)-nitro-l-arginine
N-nitro-l-arginine
NG-NO2-L-Arg
NG-nitro-l-arginine
Nomega-nitro-l-arginine

DATABASE IDS

CAS Number 2149-70-4
PubChem SID 46508354
PubChem CID 440005

PROPERTIES

DETAILS

Description (English)
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Drug Groups experimental
Description An inhibitor of nitric oxide synthetase which has been shown to prevent glutamate toxicity. Nitroarginine has been experimentally tested for its ability to prevent ammonia toxicity and ammonia-induced alterations in brain energy and ammonia metabolites. (Neurochem Res 1995:200(4):451-6)

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