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.
Related Numbers
57-00-1
CAS Type 1 Name
Glycine, N-(aminoiminomethyl)-N-methyl-
NLM Classification #
QU 61
Public MeSH Note
68; CREATINE AND CREATININE was heading 1963-67
Online Note
use CREATINE to search CREATINE AND CREATININE 1966-67
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.
