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Carnosine

A natural dipeptide made of beta-alanine and histidine, highly concentrated in muscle and brain: in muscle fibres it helps buffer acidity and also acts as an antioxidant. It was discovered in 1900 by the Russian chemist Vladimir Gulevich in meat extract. This family brings together other impurities.

Did you know?Its name comes from the Latin root 'carn-', flesh, because it is so abundant in animal tissue: indeed, there are no plant sources of carnosine.

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