Alpha+Ketoglutaric+Acid

Alpha Ketoglutaric Acid
 * Alpha-ketoglutaric acid ** (a-KG) is a naturally-occurring chemical, formed primarily as part of the citric acid cycle inside cells. One of its most important functions is to detoxify ammonia from tissues of the central nervous system. In the brain and central nervous system, alpha-keto combines with ammonia to form glutamic acid and then glutamine. Glutamine crosses the brain-blood barrier and transports the ammonia out of the brain. Alpha-ketoglutaric also scavenges nitrogen released by the catabolism of amino acids, thereby balancing the body’s nitrogen chemistry and preventing nitrogen overload in body tissues and fluids.

**α-Ketoglutaric acid** is one of two ketone derivatives of glutaric. (The term "ketoglutaric acid," when not further qualified, almost always refers to the alpha variant. [|β-Ketoglutaric acid] varies only by the position of the ketone functional group, and is much less common.) Its anion, **α-ketoglutarate** (**α-KG**, also called **oxo-glutarate**) is an important biological compound. It is the keto acid produced by de-amination of glutamate, and is an intermediate in the Kerbs cycle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha-Ketoglutaric_acid




 * Other Uses:**


 * Body builders use AK to exercise longer and build more muscle mass
 * Helps the liver break down by-products from muscles
 * When mixed with water it loses potency (hydrophilic)

Other Names Include: A-Ketoglutaric Acid, Alfa-Cetoglutarato, Alpha-Cétoglutarate, Alpha Ketoglutarate, Alpha Ketoglutaric Acid, Alpha KG, AAKG, AKG, Arginine Alpha-Ketoglutarate, Calcium Alpha-Ketoglutarate, Creatine Alpha-Ketoglutarate, Glutamine Alpha-Ketoglutarate, L-Arginine Alpha Keto Glutarate, L-Leucine Alpha-Ketoglutarate, Taurine Alpha-Ketoglutarate, 2-Oxoglutaric Acid, 2-Oxopentanedoicic Acid.