Creatine

__//**Creatine **//__ By: Brandon toc



__//**Systematic Name: **//__
2-[Carbamimidoyl(methyl)amino]acetic acid

__//**Formula of Creatine: **//__
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__//** 3-D Model of Creatine: **//__




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__//**Molar Mass of Creatine: **//__
131.13 g/mol

__//**Historical Background/Story of Discovery: **//__
It was discovered as a component for skeletal muscles, also in equilibrium with creatinine. It was discovered in 1832 Michel Eugene Chevreul. He named his discovery after the Greek word for flesh, Kreas. He was discovering different metabolites found in meats at the time as he established creatine. It later would become the most popular dietary component. Justus von Liebig also helped additionally. He was studying animal philosophy as well as he discovered that a wild fox contains 10 times more creatine in its system, then a fox in captivity would in its body. He concluded that the exercise the wild fox gets causes a major increase in creatine then one without creatine. In 1927, phosphocreatine was discovered, which is the derivative of creatine. It decreased strength in skeletal muscle. It is now currently legal and allowed by the International Olympics Committee, the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association), and even professional sports such as Major League Baseball (MLB), National Football League (NFL), National Basketball Association (NBA), National Hockey League (NHL), etc. Creatine has also gotten some professional athletes in trouble such as Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, and John Elway.

__//**Melting Point: **//__
255° C, 528 K, 491° F

__//**Boiling Point: **//__
271.6°C, 544.75 K, 520.8° F

__//**Acidity: **//__
3.429

__//**Basicity: **//__
10.568

__//**Density In Natural State: **//__
1.13 g/cm³

__//**Where is it found? How is it obtained?: **//__
Creatine is used as an energy source for muscles and excels the rebuilding process. It can be obtained in local GMC or bodybuilding places. A lot of bodybuilders and athletes use creatine to help them. It is also a chemical found in the muscles of bodies. It is made by the body and can be obtained through certain foods as well. Foods that creatine can be obtained through are meats and fish.

__//**Percent Composition: **//__
99.967%

__//**Symbol Element Name Number of Atoms Atomic Mass Mass Percent **//__
C Carbon 4 12.01078 36.63675 H Hydrogen 9 1.007947 6.917768 N Nitrogen 3 14.00672 32.04376 O Oxygen 2 15.99943 24.40171

__//**Type of Bonding: **//__
Covalent Bonding

__//**Chemical Properties and Reaction Tendencies: **//__
__Things that react with Creatine__
 * Medications that can harm the kidneys
 * Aleve
 * Anaprox
 * Motrin
 * Nuprin

__//**Uses and Importance of Creatine: **//__
The uses of creatine involve bodybuilding and the bodybuilders themselves. Creatine is used as a supplement from athletes and bodybuilders to rebuild and gain muscle mass. It is also used during pregnancy and breastfeeding. The importance of this compound is creating and regaining muscle mass quicker and better. It enhances and excels the growing process of muscles. It is commonly used for the improvement of exercise. It is to increase muscle mass for a lot of athletes and adults. It helps younger people through high intensity activity. It doesn't seem to help out older adults over the age of 60 because it doesn't increase muscle or body composition for people over 60. Other uses of creatine seem to help Parkinson's disease. It slows down the symptoms and lessens the affects and symptoms of it. It also helps people with heart failure or heart problems by increasing the strength and endurance they need for their heart. It also helps people with muscle diseases such as muscular dystrophy by increasing the strength of their muscles. It also helps with eye diseases and others by slowing the process down for them.



__//** Works Cited **//__
http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-873-CREATINE.aspx?activeIngredientId=873&activeIngredientName=CREATINE

[] http://www.muscleandstrength.com/articles/creatine-the-chemistry-behind-the-supplement.html http://www.diethealthclub.com/dietary-supplements/creatine.html