What is L-Arginine?

Arginine is a semi-essential amino acid because it's typically needed for children's growth, but it is nonessential for healthy adults. Your body can also make arginine in addition to getting it from food sources, so deficiencies are rare. read more

L-arginine is a nonessential amino acid that may play an important role in the treatment of heart disease due to its block arterial plaque buildup, blood clots, platelet clumping, and to increase blood flow through the coronary artery. read more

Arginine was first isolated in 1886 from lupin and pumpkin seedlings by the German chemist Ernst Schulze and his assistant Ernst Steiger. In 1897, Ernst Schulze and Ernst Winterstein (1865–1949) determined the structure of arginine. read more

L-arginine is an amino acid that helps make proteins. It also becomes the gas nitric oxide (NO) in the body. NO is important for erectile function because it helps blood vessels relax, so more oxygen-rich blood can circulate through your arteries. read more