Agmatine

Guanidine (4- Aminobutyl ) - 2

From 101.5 to 103 ° C

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Agmatine is a guanidine compound. It is the decarboxylation product of the amino acid arginine and is an intermediate in the widespread particularly in plant putrescine biosynthesis from arginine. Agmatine is discussed as a putative neurotransmitter in the brain is synthesized and stored in the synaptic vesicles.

Natural occurrences are known from ergot, the Asteraceae Ambrosia artemisifolia, the sea anemone Anthopleura japonica and herring sperm.

History

The name of agmatine was founded in 1910 by Albrecht Kossel, a German physician and physiologist, forgiven, who could prove this substance in semen of herring.