Tidiacic arginine
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Tidiacic arginine is a drug marketed as a hepatoprotective
. It is a 1:1 combination of the amino acid
arginine
and tidiacic
(thiazolidine-2,4-dicarboxylic acid), which acts as a sulfur donor.
In France, its indications and use have been described as "identical to those of silymarin
".
Hepatoprotection
Hepatoprotection or antihepatotoxicity is the ability to prevent damage to the liver.An example of a hepatoprotective medicine is silibinin, derived from Milk Thistle, which selectively inhibits leukotriene formation by Kupffer cells....
. It is a 1:1 combination of the amino acid
Amino acid
Amino acids are molecules containing an amine group, a carboxylic acid group and a side-chain that varies between different amino acids. The key elements of an amino acid are carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen...
arginine
Arginine
Arginine is an α-amino acid. The L-form is one of the 20 most common natural amino acids. At the level of molecular genetics, in the structure of the messenger ribonucleic acid mRNA, CGU, CGC, CGA, CGG, AGA, and AGG, are the triplets of nucleotide bases or codons that codify for arginine during...
and tidiacic
Tidiacic
Tidiacic is a hepatoprotective drug. It is a component of tidiacic arginine....
(thiazolidine-2,4-dicarboxylic acid), which acts as a sulfur donor.
In France, its indications and use have been described as "identical to those of silymarin
Silibinin
Silibinin , also known as silybin, is the major active constituent of silymarin, standardized extract of the milk thistle seeds, containing mixture of flavonolignans consisting of among others of silibinin, isosilibinin, silicristin and silidianin. Silibinin itself is mixture of two diastereomers...
".