Structured Summary
Abstract
An amino acid that occurs in vertebrate tissues and in urine. In muscle tissue, creatine generally occurs as phosphocreatine. Creatine is excreted as CREATININE in the urine.
Chemical Identity
Chemical Information
- Molecular Formula
- C4H9N3O2
- Molecular Weight
- 131.13 g/mol
- CAS Registry No.
- 57-00-1
- IUPAC Name
- 2-[carbamimidoyl(methyl)amino]acetic acid
- InChIKey
- CVSVTCORWBXHQV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- SMILES
- CN(CC(=O)O)C(=N)N
- MeSH Unique ID
- D003401
- Source
- PubChem CID 586
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30 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analogs & derivatives, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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Indexing Annotation
do not confuse with CREATININE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE see PHOSPHOCREATINE
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History Note
68; CREATINE AND CREATININE was heading 1963-67
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NLM Classification
QU 61
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Creatine. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003401. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003401
- Creatine. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creatine
- Creatine. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q223600
- Creatine. In: PubChem Compound. CID 586. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/586