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SUBMITTER: Case DR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8122334 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Case Derek R DR Zubieta Jon J Gonzalez Ren R Doyle Robert P RP
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20210421 9
Magnesium (Mg<sup>2+</sup>) plays a crucial role in over 80% of all metabolic functions. It is becoming increasingly apparent that magnesium deficiency (hypomagnesemia) may play an important role in chronic disease. To counteract magnesium deficiency, there is an unmet clinical need to develop new fully characterized, highly bioavailable, and substantially water-soluble magnesium supplements. To this end, triglycine (HG<sub>3</sub>), a tripeptide of the amino acid glycine, was chosen as a chelat ...[more]