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CHEBI:16467 - L-arginine

ChEBI IDCHEBI:16467
ChEBI NameL-arginine
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ASCII NameL-arginine
DefinitionAn L-α-amino acid that is the L-isomer of arginine.
Secondary ChEBI IDsCHEBI:6185, CHEBI:13077, CHEBI:21235, CHEBI:42927
Last Modified29 September 2025
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FormulaC6H14N4O2
Net Charge0
Average Mass174.204
Monoisotopic Mass174.11168
SMILESN=C(N)NCCC[C@H](N)C(=O)O
InChIInChI=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
InChIKeyODKSFYDXXFIFQN-BYPYZUCNSA-N

Wikipedia
Species of MetaboliteComponentSourceComments
Escherichia coli (ncbitaxon:562)
- PubMed (4877125)
- PubMed (21988831)
Mus musculus (ncbitaxon:10090) - PubMed (19425150) Source: BioModels - MODEL1507180067
Roles Classification

ChEBI Ontology
IUPAC Name 
L-arginine
INN  Source
arginineKEGG DRUG
Synonyms  Source
L-ArginineKEGG COMPOUND
(S)-2-Amino-5-guanidinovaleric acidKEGG COMPOUND
(2S)-2-amino-5-guanidinopentanoic acidJCBN
(S)-2-amino-5-guanidinopentanoic acidChEBI
L-Arginin  deChEBI
L-(+)-arginineNIST Chemistry WebBook
Manual XrefsDatabases
C00062KEGG COMPOUND
GNDPDBeChem
L-arginineWikipedia
ARGPDBeChem
D02982KEGG DRUG
DB00125DrugBank
HMDB0000517HMDB
ARGMetaCyc
C00001340KNApSAcK
YMDB00592YMDB
ECMDB00517ECMDB
1549DrugCentral
Registry NumbersSources
Gmelin:83283Gmelin
Reaxys:1725413Reaxys
CAS:74-79-3KEGG COMPOUND
CAS:74-79-3ChemIDplus
CAS:74-79-3NIST Chemistry WebBook
Citations