Ketoglutaric Acid
Ketoglutaric Acid Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Food Interaction and all others data.
Ketoglutaric Acid (α-Ketoglutarate) is not approved for any indication in the world but is an investigational drug in the United States. In the United States a phase I clinical trial is investigating whether oxogluric acid precursors found in nutritional supplements can benefit patients with the metabolic disorder propionic acidemia. Ketoglutaric Acid is sold as a dietary supplement to athletes to improve their performance by helping to remove excess ammonia, but it is not officially approved for this indication and only experimental studies have shown a reduction in ammonia by oxogluric acid in hemodialysis patients. Physiologically, oxogluric acid acts in the Krebs cycle as an intermediate, is involved in transamination reactions during the metabolism of amino acids, forms glutamic acid by combining with ammonia, and reduces nitrogen by combining with it as well. Several experimental studies have also shown that administration of oxogluric acid helped attenuate the decreased synthesis of muscle protein that is often seen post-surgery.
All of the physiological roles of alpha-ketoglutarate have not been determined. What is known is that alpha-keotglutarate is involved in the Krebs cycle, transamination reactions, and promotes muscle synthesis.
| Trade Name | Ketoglutaric Acid |
| Generic | Oxogluric acid |
| Oxogluric acid Other Names | 2-Ketoglutaric acid, 2-oxoglutaric acid, 2-oxopentanedioic acid, alpha-Ketoglutaric acid, Ketoglutaric acid, Oxoglurate |
| Type | |
| Formula | C5H6O5 |
| Weight | Average: 146.0981 Monoisotopic: 146.021523302 |
| Groups | Experimental, Investigational, Nutraceutical |
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| Last Updated: | September 19, 2023 at 7:00 am |
Uses
α-α-Ketoglutarate is not approved for any indication in the world but is an investigational drug in the United States. The potential indications for α-Ketoglutarate are in patients with the metabolic disorder propionic acidemia and in trauma patients with muscle loss.
How Ketoglutaric Acid works
The exact mechanisms of action for α-Ketoglutarate have not yet been elucidated. Some of α-Ketoglutarate’s actions include acting in the Krebs cycle as an intermediate, transamination reactions during the metabolism of amino acids, forming glutamic acid by combining with ammonia, and reducing nitrogen by combining with it as well. Concerning α-Ketoglutarate’s actions with ammonia, it is proposed that α-Ketoglutarate can help patients with propionic academia who have high levels of ammonia and low levels of glutamine/glutamate in their blood. Because endogenous glutamate/glutamine is produced from α-Ketoglutarate, propionic acidemia patients have impaired production of α-Ketoglutarate and supplementation of α-Ketoglutarate should improve the condition of these patients. Several other experimental studies have also shown that administration of α-Ketoglutarate in parenteral nutrition given to post-operative patients helped attenuate the decreased synthesis of muscle protein that is often seen after a surgery. This decreased muscle synthesis is speculated to be due to too low α-Ketoglutarate levels.
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