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L-arginine
SpectraBase Compound ID 9AUtlheFYuU
InChI InChI=1S/C6H14N4O2/c7-4(5(11)12)2-1-3-10-6(8)9/h4H,1-3,7H2,(H,11,12)(H4,8,9,10)/t4-/m0/s1
InChIKey ODKSFYDXXFIFQN-BYPYZUCNSA-N
Mol Weight 174.2 g/mol
Molecular Formula C6H14N4O2
Exact Mass 174.111676 g/mol
Enantiomer InChIKey ODKSFYDXXFIFQN-SCSAIBSYSA-N
Racemate InChIKey ODKSFYDXXFIFQN-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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Source of Sample Alfa Aesar, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Source of Spectrum Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
Catalog Number A15738
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Source of Spectrum Bio-Rad Laboratories
Catalog Number 101140
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Source of Sample Alfa Aesar, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Source of Spectrum Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
Catalog Number A15738
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Source of Sample Spectrochem Pvt. Ltd.
Source of Spectrum Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
Catalog Number 101140
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Source of Sample Aldrich
Catalog Number A92406
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Source of Sample Alfa Aesar, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Source of Spectrum Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
Catalog Number A15738
Technique KBr1
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Source of Sample Spectrochem Pvt. Ltd.
Source of Spectrum Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
Catalog Number 101140
Technique KBr1
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Source of Sample Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC.
Source of Spectrum Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC.
Catalog Number W381918
Technique Mull
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Source of Sample Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC.
Source of Spectrum Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC.
Catalog Number W381918
Technique Between salts
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Source of Sample Aldrich
Source of Spectrum Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC.
Catalog Number A92406
Technique Mull
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Solvent Unknown
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Source of Spectrum FM-2019-958-0
  • L-2-Amino-5-guanidinopentanoic acid
  • (S)-2-amino-5-guanidinopentanoic acid
  • Arginine
  • arginine, 3TMS
  • Argamine, 3TMS
  • Argivene, 3TMS
  • L-arginine, 3TMS
  • Detoxargin, 3TMS
  • Polyarginine, 3TMS
  • (2S)-2-amino-5-(diaminomethylideneamino)pentanoic acid, 3TMS
Title Journal or Book Year
In vivo 15N NMR studies of secondary metabolism in transformed root cultures of Datura stramonium and Nicotiana tabacum Phytochemistry 1994

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