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  • noun biochemistry The amine (4-aminobutyl)guanidine which is a decarboxylation product of arginine and an intermediate in polyamine biosynthesis

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  • D. Dakin he investigated arginase, the ferment which hydrolyses arginine into urea and ornithine, and later he discovered agmatine in herring roe and devised a method for preparing it.

    Albrecht Kossel - Biography 1967

  • (NO synthase can be used to gain insight into the biological role of endogenous agmatine [44]) [44] 6 Stability pH-Stability 7.4

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  • The cell adhesion on the agmatine containing substrates was comparable to that on plastic substrates and significantly enhanced with respect to the non-functionalized controls.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Elisa Emilitri Emanuela Jacchetti 2008

  • Aim of this work is the development and testing of novel amphoteric nanosized poly (amidoamine) hydrogel film incorporating 4-aminobutylguanidine (agmatine) moieties to create RGD-mimicking repeating units for promoting cell adhesion.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Elisa Emilitri Emanuela Jacchetti 2008

  • A systematic comparative study of the response of an epithelial cell line was performed on hydrogels with agmatine and on non-functionalized amphoteric poly (amidoamine) hydrogels and tissue culture plastic substrates.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Elisa Emilitri Emanuela Jacchetti 2008

  • In particular the incorporation of agmatine warrants good potential in the field of cell culturing and the development of supported functionalized hydrogels on cover glass are very promising substrates for applications in cell screening devices.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Elisa Emilitri Emanuela Jacchetti 2008

  • < 1, 3, 4, 7 > (complete inhibition [51]; very slightly, only l-isomer and in presence of tetrahydrobiopterin and NADPH [41]; only l-isomer, inhibits NO and citrulline production from l-arginine as well as superoxide formation in absence of tetrahydropterin [29]) [29, 38, 41, 42, 51] agmatine

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