L-ornithine is an optically active form of ornithine having L-configuration.
How much products actually contain
2 products state the amountmedian 0.000001%
- under 0.01% 2
- 0.01–0.1% 0
- 0.1–1% 0
- 1% or more 0
Amounts are mostly stated by products named after the ingredient, so they may lean towards token amounts.
Of the products containing it, 7 list it before the 1% line and 68 after it (usually 1% or less).
Products using this ingredient
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IDRRRestore Treatment
CREMORLABT.E.N Cremor® Skin Renewal Cream
CREMORLABCremorlab T.E.N Cremor® Skin Renewal Cream
CREMORLABMacro Serum Mask® 3D Renewing 4 Sheets
CREMORLABCremorlab Macro Serum Mask® 3D Renewing 4 Sheets
OGANACELLBio Actiome Sunscreen
Head Spa 7Anti-Aging Water Treatment
MilliMilli500 Dalton Protein Mist0.000001% stated
MilliMilli500 Dalton Protein Ampoule0.0000001% stated
IDRRRestore Shampoo
UNOVEUNOVE Volume Up Hair Fixer 200ml
NACIFICPhyto Niacin Brightening Toner Pad
Definition
L-ornithine is an optically active form of ornithine having L-configuration. It has a role as a hepatoprotective agent, a mouse metabolite and an algal metabolite. It is an ornithine and a non-proteinogenic L-alpha-amino acid. It is a conjugate base of a L-ornithinium(1+). It is a conjugate acid of a L-ornithinate. It is an enantiomer of a D-ornithine.
Source: PubChem
US FDA substance register · UNII E524N2IXA3 · registered name ORNITHINE · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Official labels & definitions
JCIA labelling name オルニチン: 本品は、次の化学式で表されるアミノ酸である。
Source: JCIA labelling names (Japan)
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 616-07-9
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 70-26-8
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 200-731-7
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 210-463-2
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID00883219
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID201022768
- IUPAC
- L-Ornithine
- Molecular formula
- C5H12N2O2
- Molecular weight
- 132.163 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- Colorless solid, [Merck Index] · Solid
- Melting point
- 140 °C
- Solubility
- Appreciable · 620 mg/mL
- Dissociation constant
- 1.94 (at 25 °C)
Values measured on the substance itself, not a specification for a commercial raw material.
Source: PubChem
Related literature
- Fluorescent location of ornithine decarboxylase employing derivatives of the specific inhibitor alpha-difluoromethyl ornithine. · 1989
- Conversion of Arginine into Ornithine by Advanced Glycation in Senescent Human Collagen and Lens Crystallins* · 2004
- Effect of supplemental ornithine on wound healing. · 2002
- Significance of arginase and ornithine in malignant tumors of the human skin. · 2001
- Post-transcriptional suppression of human ornithine decarboxylase gene expression by phorbol esters in human keratinocytes. · 1994
Linked databases 16
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEBI
- China inventory of existing ingredients (IECIC)
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- JCIA labelling names (Japan)
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- PubChem 2
- Tlooto literature search 2 3 4 5
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US EPA CompTox dashboard
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- US FDA substance registration (GSRS)
- US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)
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