I-L-Arginine i-amino acid, edla ngokuthengiswa njengesongezelelo sesondlo, esifumaneka ngokwemvelo kwi-diet.Ukutya okucebileyo kwi-L-Arginine kubandakanya iiprotheni zezityalo kunye nezilwanyana, ezifana neemveliso zobisi.Ayibalulekanga i-amino acid kubantu abadala, kodwa iyacotha ukuvelisa kwi-vivo.Ibalulekile i-amino acid kwiintsana kunye nabantwana abancinci, kwaye inesiphumo esithile sokukhupha i-detoxification.Ikhona ngokubanzi kwi-protamine kwaye iyona nxalenye esisiseko yeeprotheni ezahlukeneyo.