Know your Amino Acids fact sheet:
| Full name | Arginine |
| 3 letter name | Asn |
| 1 letter name | N |
| What you see: | What a biochemist sees: |
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| Speciality | – |
| Sources (animal) | dairy, whey, beef, poultry, eggs, fish, lactalbumin, seafood |
| Sources (plant) | asparagus, potatoes, legumes, nuts, seeds, soy, whole grains |
| Chemical formula | C4H8N2O3 |
| Essential | – |
| Non-essential | X |
| Hydrophobic | – |
| Hydrophilic (neutral) | X |
| (positive) | – |
| (negative) | – |