Arginine is an essential amino acid to maintain the growth and development of infants. It is an intermediate metabolite of ornithine cycle, which can promote the transformation of ammonia into urea, so as to reduce the content of blood ammonia. It is also the main component of sperm protein, which can promote spermatogenesis and provide sperm movement energy. In addition, intravenous arginine can stimulate the pituitary to release growth hormone, which can be used in pituitary function test
The appearance is white to yellowish monoclinic prism, acicular crystal or powder