L-Arginine

Description

L – Arginine is a white crystalline  powder used by the muscles as an additional source of energy and is one of the main components in the growth & synthesis of body tissues. L-Arginine improves the efficiency and quality of meat by increasing the amount of protein and reducing fat. The amino protein has a positive effect on brain function, it is necessary to maintain normal nitrogen metabolism in the body. Various research studies show that dietary supplementation with L – Arginine is beneficial for enhancing the reproductive performance of pigs, enhancing protein deposition and postnatal growth of milk-fed piglets (10), normalizing plasma glucose etc. 

Applications & Uses 

• L-Arginine (Arg) plays a central role in the nitrogen metabolism (e.g., syntheses of protein, nitric oxide, polyamines, and creatine), blood flow, nutrient utilization, and health of ruminants.

• Adding feed-grade L-arginine helps in wound recovery, ammonia excretion, improvement of immune function, secretion of hormones, and so on.

• L-Arginine is related to production of nitric oxide, urea, polyamine
  (putrescine, spermidine, and spermine), creatine, and amino acids (proline and glutamate).

• Especially, L-arginine is the only amino acid that can directly synthesize nitric oxide.
  Nitric oxide mainly works on blood vessel relaxation and this helps improve the health of animals.

• Several nutritionists have demonstrated the importance of amino acids in broilers’ growth, muscle development, and meat yield.

• Arginine is known to be involved in several physiological functions like growth and immunity due to its capacity to act as a substrate for nitric oxide, creatine, ornithine, glutamine, and some other molecules. 
• Chickens are uricotelic animals, they are unable to obtain endogenous arginine. Therefore, chickens rely on the amino acid content of the feedstuffs to supply the arginine requirements.