Definition: An inhibitor of nitric oxide synthetase which has been shown to prevent glutamate toxicity. Nitroarginine has been experimentally tested for its ability to prevent ammonia toxicity and ammonia-induced alterations in brain energy and ammonia metabolites. (Neurochem Res 1995:200(4):451-6)
Other names omega-Nitro-L-Arginine, N; omega Nitroarginine; NG Nitroarginine; NG Nitro L Arginine; N omega Nitro L Arginine; omega-Nitroarginine; N(omega)-Nitroarginine; N(G)-Nitroarginine; NO2Arg; NOARG; NG-Nitroarginine; NG-Nitro-L-Arginine; N omega-Nitro-L-Arginine
