L-Alanine
- Used as body fuel by tissues of the brain, nervous system and muscle
- Important in converting energy to stored energy in the body’s Kreb’s energy cycle
- Glycogenic (energy storage source of glucose by the liver and muscles)
- Important nitrogen quality for post-injury states
- Builds up the immune system, producing immunoglobulins and antibodies
- Metabolizes sugars and organic acids
L-Arginine
- Indispensable for optimum growth
- Stimulates the release of growth hormone
- Important to muscle metabolism; acts as a vehicle for transport, storage and excretion of
- nitrogen
- Increases muscle mass while decreasing the amount of body fat
- Plays an important role in post-injury problems such as weight changes, nitrogen balance and tissue healing
- Increases collagen, the main supportive fibrous protein found in bone, cartilage and other connective tissues
- Stimulates the Immune system
- Combats physical and mental fatigue
- Increases spermatogenesis
- Used in the treatment of hepatic (liver) disorders
- Transforms to L-Ornithine and urea
- Promotes the detoxification of ammonia which is poisonous to living cell