Ornithine oxoglutarate

Ornithine oxoglutarate
	Ornithine (top) and ketoglutaric acid (bottom)
Clinical data
ATC code	A05BA06 (WHO) ;
Identifiers
	IUPAC name 2-Oxopentanedioic acid - L-ornithine (1:1);
JSmol)	Interactive image;
	SMILES C(C[C@@H](C(=O)O)N)CN.C(CC(=O)O)C(=O)C(=O)O;
	InChI InChI=1S/C5H12N2O2.C5H6O5/c6-3-1-2-4(7)5(8)9;6-3(5(9)10)1-2-4(7)8/h4H,1-3,6-7H2,(H,8,9);1-2H2,(H,7,8)(H,9,10)/t4-;/m0./s1; Key:SLPUVFBNQHVEEU-WCCKRBBISA-N;
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Ornithine oxoglutarate (OGO) or ornithine α-ketoglutarate (OKG) is a drug used in liver therapy. It is the

alpha-ketoglutaric acid. It is also used to improve nutritional health in elderly patients.^[1]^[2]

References

PMID 12507647
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PMID 7976777
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Bile and liver therapy (A05)
Bile therapy

bile acid
Chenodeoxycholic acid

Cholic acid

Obeticholic acid

Ursodeoxycholic acid

Ursodoxicoltaurine

Cyclobutyrol

Hymecromone

Nicotinyl methylamide

Piprozolin

Liver therapy

Arginine glutamate

Citiolone

Epomediol

Glycyrrhizin

Metadoxine

Ornithine oxoglutarate

Silymarin

Tidiacic arginine

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[1] PMID 12507647
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[2] PMID 7976777
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