homoarginine

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

homo- +‎ arginine

Noun[edit]

homoarginine (countable and uncountable, plural homoarginines)

  1. (biochemistry) The amino acid (2S)-2-amino-6-(diaminomethylideneamino)hexanoic acid
    • 2015 August 28, “Elevated Levels of Asymmetric Dimethylarginine (ADMA) in the Pericardial Fluid of Cardiac Patients Correlate with Cardiac Hypertrophy”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Arginine and homoarginine were detected at λex = 337 nm, λem = 520 nm, and λem = 454 nm was used for (ADMA) and symmetric dimethylarginine (SDMA).