

L-Carnosine (Highly Pure) by Molecular Depot is a L-carnosine, a crystalline dipeptide of beta-alanine and histidine used as a substrate for carnosinase 1 and other enzymes. Carnosine is present at remarkably high concentration in skeletal muscle and brain, where it buffers the pH fall of anaerobic exercise and scavenges the reactive carbonyls produced by lipid peroxidation. It is used as a substrate in carnosinase assays, as a pH buffer and antioxidant in physiological research and as a reference standard. Each unit contains 10 g. MBP supplies Molecular Depot research reagents to research labs in the United States, Canada and worldwide.