Magnesium Asparaginicum – Magnesium Aspartate

The attenuations are prepared from Magnesium L-hydrogen aspartate dihydrate, the magnesium salt of L-aspartic acid C₈H₁₂MgN₂O₈ · 2 H₂O, MW: 324.5.

Magnesium salts are indispensible for numerous enzyme functions, e.g. for the Citric Acid cycle, but also for many intermediate conversions. Since aspartic acid also has an important part to play as an intermediate conductor, Magnesium aspar- tate is required in a wide variety of enzyme functions, such as e.g. the urea cycle, and also in transamination or as an ammonia donator for urea synthesis. In this, after deamination, aspartic acid can enter the citrate cycle, unless it is loaded with amino-groups by the transamination reaction, as is probable for a-ketoglutarate.

Thus Magnesium Asparaginicum is usually not used on its own, but in combina- tion with other enzyme-active factors.