C6H14N4O2
174.2 g/mol
Food AdditiveWarning
L-arginine
CAS74-79-3EC200-811-1
Category
Food Additive
Compound Class
Natural Product
Primary Use
nutritional supplement and dietary additive
L-arginine is a cationic amino acid featuring a guanidino group. It is commonly used as a nutritional supplement and dietary additive.
nutritional supplementdietary additive
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Safety Reference
Warning
H319Causes serious eye irritation
Customs Tariff Classification
The international HS code for L-arginine (CAS 74-79-3) is 2925.29.
HS code (international, 6-digit)
2925.29
EU CN code (8-digit)
2925 29 00
Classification per the EU customs inventory ECICS (2026-07 snapshot, HS 2022). National tariff lines and product form can affect the final classification.
Identifiers
IUPAC Name
(2S)-2-amino-5-(diaminomethylideneamino)pentanoic acid
InChIKey
ODKSFYDXXFIFQN-BYPYZUCNSA-N
SMILES
C(C[C@@H](C(=O)O)N)CN=C(N)N
Synonyms (95)
- AC-083
- GTPL721
- Arginina [INN-Spanish]
- Arginine (USP/INN)
- Arginine hydrochloride(USAN)
- Arginine, European Pharmacopoeia (EP)
- Argininum [INN-Latin]
- L-Arginine USP EP JP ChP
- L-Arginine, United States Pharmacopeia (USP)
- L-Arginine, from non-animal source, meets EP, USP testing specifications, suitable for cell culture, 98.5-101.0%
- L-Arginine; Lysine Acetate EP Impurity F
- (S)-(+)-arginine
- 1-Amino-4-guanidovaleric acid
- 1laf
- 2-amino-5-guanidinovalerate
- 3h-l-arginine
- A 5006
- ARGININE [MART.]
- ARGININE, L-
- Argamine
- Arginina
- Arginine (VAN)
- Arginine (for injection)
- Arginine CRS
- Arginine, L- (8CI)
- Argininum
- Argivene
- CARVEDILOL, ARGININE
- Detoxargin
- H-Arg
- H-Arg-OH
- Hypertenevide-12.5
- Hypertensolol
- L-Arg
- L-Arginin
- L-Arginine (9CI)
- L-Arginine (H-Arg-OH)
- L-Arginine (JP17)
- L-Arginine (Standard)
- L-Arginine 7401
- L-Arginine Base
- L-Arginine High
- L-Arginine High 7402
- L-Arginine, 99%, natural
- L-Arginine, SAJ special grade
- L-Arginine, Vetec(TM)
- L-Arginine, reagent grade
- L-Isomer arginine
- L-a-Amino-d-guanidinovalerate
- L-arginine
- LISINOPRIL, ARGININE
- LYSINE ACETATE IMPURITY F
- Levargin
- Lopac-A-5006
- Lytensopril
- Lytensopril-90
- METOPROLOL TARTRATE, ARGININE
- Minophagen A
- Rimantalist
- SDCCGSBI-0050065.P002
- Tocris-0663
- US9138393, L-Arginine
- US9144538, L-Arginine
- Wheat protein peptide
- arginine
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