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ornithine

n. (context amino acid organic compound English) An amino acid, ''2,5-diaminopentanoic acid'', that is not present in protein, but is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of urea.

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ornithine

n. an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is important in the formation of urea

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Ornithine

Ornithine is a non proteinogenic amino acid that plays a role in the urea cycle. Ornithine is abnormally accumulated in the body in ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency. The radical is ornithyl.

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It stimulates your release of growth hormone and ornithine decarboxylase enzymes.

L-N5 iminoethyl ornithine, and three months later a total of twenty liters of hexamethylphosphamide.