Nutritional Supplement

Ornithine Alpha-Ketoglutarate

Also indexed as: OKG

Where to Find It

Although the amino acids that comprise OKG are present in protein foods such as meat and poultry and fish, the OKG compound is found only in supplements.

How to Use It

Optimal levels remain unknown, though 10 grams per day has been used in clinical trials.

References

1. Cynober L. Amino acid metabolism in thermal burns. JPEN 1989;13:196.

2. De Bandt JP, Coudray-Lucas C, Lioret N, et al. A randomized controlled trial of the influence of the mode of enteral ornithine alpha-ketoglutarate administration in burn patients. J Nutr 1998;128:563-9.

3. Cynober L. Ornithine alpha-ketoglutarate in nutritional support. Nutrition 1991;7:313-22 [review].

4. Romito RA. Early administration of enteral nutrients in critically ill patients. AACN Clin Issues 1995;6:242-56.

5. Cynober L. Amino acid metabolism in thermal burns. JPEN 1989;13:196.

6. De Bandt JP, Coudray-Lucas C, Lioret N, et al. A randomized controlled trial of the influence of the mode of enteral ornithine alpha-ketoglutarate administration in burn patients. J Nutr 1998;128:563-9.

7. Cynober L. Ornithine alpha-ketoglutarate in nutritional support. Nutrition 1991;7:313-22 [review].

8. Romito RA. Early administration of enteral nutrients in critically ill patients. AACN Clin Issues 1995;6:242-56.

9. Le Boucher J, Cynober LA. Ornithine alpha-ketoglutarate: the puzzle. Nutrition 1998;14:870-3 [review].

10. Brocker P, Vellas B, Albarede J, et al. A two-centre, randomized, double blind trial of ornithine oxoglutarate in 194 elderly, ambulatory, convalescent subjects. Age Aging 1994;23:303-6.

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