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Ornithine

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-019854

Naturally occurring amino acid found in meat, fish, dairy and eggs. Ornithine is one of the key reactants in the urea cycle that is responsible for 80% of the nitrogen excretion in the body. Ornithine enhances liver function and helps detoxify harmful substances.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-019854
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesNational Cancer Institute Thesaurus (CC BY 4.0)
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-019854",
  "term": "Ornithine",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Naturally occurring amino acid found in meat, fish, dairy and eggs. Ornithine is one of the key reactants in the urea cycle that is responsible for 80% of the nitrogen excretion in the body. Ornithine enhances liver function and helps detoxify harmful substances.",
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/ornithine/"
}

Record 19,854 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.