creatinine 1

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a breakdown product of creatine phosphate in muscle.

  • 1.Creatine is synthesized primarily in the liver from the methylation of glycocyamine (guanidino acetate, synthesized in the kidney from the amino acids arginine and glycine) by S-adenosyl methionine.
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