Chemical Properties
Crystals from alcoholether. Soluble in water and alcohol.
Uses
Biochemical research; medicine.
Uses
hepatoprotectant, anticholesteremic
Definition
ChEBI: An optically active form of ornithine having L-configuration.
Synthesis Reference(s)
Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 31, p. 1060, 1953
DOI: 10.1139/v53-139
Safety Profile
Mutation data reported. When heated to decomposition it emits toxic vapors of NOx.
Purification Methods
Crystallise L-ornithine from water containing 1mM EDTA (to remove metal ions). [Perrin J Chem Soc 3125 1958, Rivard Biochemical Preparations 3 97 1955, Greenstein & Winitz The Chemistry of the Amino Acids J. Wiley, Vol 3 pp 2477-2491 1961, Beilstein 4 III 1346, 4 IV 2644.]
