L-Arginine (Arg) is a proteogenic, semi-essential amino acid: healthy
humans can synthesize L-Arginine using L-Glutamine as a building block;
however, premature infants are unable to produce Arg and additional
supplementation is required for proper growth and development. Arginine
plays pivotal roles in biochemical pathways such as the urea cycle and
the biosynthesis of nitric oxide. Arginine and Ammonia concentrations
are elevated in patients having a mutation in their ARG1 genes. The
mutation causes lower arginase activities – a condition that is known as
Argininemia. Arginine has also been advertised as a supplement due to
its role in the synthesis of nitric oxide, which helps in vasodilation
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BioVision's L-Arginine Assay Kit provides a quick, specific, and easy
method for the measurement of total L-arginine concentrations in a wide
variety of samples. In this enzyme-based assay, L-arginine is converted
into a series of intermediates, which will further react with a probe
producing a stable colorimetric signal (OD: 450 nm). The kit is simple
to use, sensitive and high-throughput adaptable and can detect as low as
1 nmol/well of L-arginine in biological samples.
