Magnesium orotate

Magnesium orotate, the magnesium salt of orotic acid, is a mineral supplement. It can be used in treating extracellular magnesium deficiency, as well as in mitigating magnesium depletion that inhibits the binding of adenosine triphosphate via orotic acid, which provides binding sites.[1]

Magnesium orotate
Clinical data
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Identifiers
IUPAC name
  • magnesium 2,6-dioxo-3H-pyrimidine-4-carboxylate
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ECHA InfoCard100.047.410
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC10H6MgN4O8
Molar mass334.483 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
SMILES
  • [Mg+2].O=C([O-])\C1=C\C(=O)NC(=O)N1.[O-]C(=O)\C1=C\C(=O)NC(=O)N1
InChI
  • InChI=1S/2C5H4N2O4.Mg/c2*8-3-1-2(4(9)10)6-5(11)7-3;/h2*1H,(H,9,10)(H2,6,7,8,11);/q;;+2/p-2
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References

  1. Classen HG (2004). "Magnesium orotate--experimental and clinical evidence". Romanian Journal of Internal Medicine = Revue Roumaine de Médecine Interne. 42 (3): 491–501. PMID 16366126.


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