Ornithine oxoglutarate

Ornithine oxoglutarate
Ornithine oxoglutarate
Combination of
Ornithine amino acid
Alpha-ketoglutaric acid
Clinical data
Pregnancy cat.  ?
Legal status  ?
Identifiers
CAS number 34414-83-0
ATC code A05BA06
PubChem CID 78866
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Ornithine oxoglutarate (OGO) or ornithine α-ketoglutarate (OKG) is a drug used in liver therapy. It is the salt formed from ornithine and alpha-ketoglutaric acid. It is also used to improve nutritional health in elderly patients.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Blonde-Cynober, F; Aussel, C; Cynober, L (2003). "Use of ornithine α-ketoglutarate in clinical nutrition of elderly patients". Nutrition 19 (1): 73–5. doi:10.1016/S0899-9007(02)00849-3. PMID 12507647. 
  2. ^ Patrice Brocker, Bruno Vellas, Jean-Louis Albarede, Thierry Poynard (July 1994). "A two-centre, randomized, double-blind trial of ornithine oxoglutarate in 194 elderly, ambulatory, convalescent subjects". Age and Ageing. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2459/is_n4_v23/ai_15657854. 


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