L-Aspartic acid

Description: L-Aspartic acid (Aspatofort) is a non-essential amino acid in humans, L-Aspartic acid has an overall negative charge and plays an important role in the synthesis of other amino acids and in the citric acid and urea cycles. Asparagine, arginine, lysine, methionine, isoleucine, and some nucleotides are synthesized from aspartic acid. L-Aspartic acid also serves as a neurotransmitter. Target: Others, Endogenous Metabolite. Smiles: N[C@@H](CC(O)=O)C(O)=O. References: Leopold CS, et al. In vivo pharmacokinetic study for the assessment of poly(L-aspartic acid) as a drug carrier for colon-specific drug delivery. J Pharmacokinet Biopharm. 1995 Aug,23(4):397-406.