Alpha-ketoglutarate for those who don't want to read the article.
Here's the Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha-Ketoglutaric_acid I don't expect it to be terribly helpful though, it's a bit dense to the layperson.
Here's the Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha-Ketoglutaric_acid I don't expect it to be terribly helpful though, it's a bit dense to the layperson.
That being said, it can be synthesized de novo very easily so long as your cells have enough glucose/fatty acids and enzymes are functioning properly. It's even formed directly by deamination of glutamate. I'm not sure these results would be very transferrable to humans.