CMA

Full Name

Nω-(carboxymethyl) arginine

Keywords

Nω-(carboxymethyl) arginine; CMA; Nω-(carboxymethyl)arginine

Background

The AGE structure Nω-(carboxymethyl)arginine (CMA) is produced by oxidation in glycated collagen, accounting for one of the major proteins detected in biological samples. CMA formation was also observed upon incubating collagen with glyoxal, and CMA was generated in a time-dependent manner when glyoxal was incubated with type I–IV collagens.