α-ketoglutaric acid
Drug ingredientThis chemical is an active pharmaceutical ingredient used in FDA-regulated drugs.
Where It Comes From
7 FDA-registered drug labelers
BioActive Nutritional, Inc.
BioActive Nutritionals, Inc.
Deseret Biologicals, Inc.
Dr. Donna Restivo DC
Energetix Corporation
Guna spa
Pro Weight Loss Inc.
Why It Matters
Sectors
Health
Downstream Uses
Appears in 13 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).
- •GUNA Arthro Relief
- •Diathesis V 1
- •Thyro-Chord
- •GUNA-Dizzy
- •Thyro Support
- •Omeosport
- •Free Radical
- •Diathesis I
Show all 13
- •D1 Organ Support
- •GUNA-Arthro
- •Energize
- •Diathesis III
- •Metabolism
FDA Shortage Status
Whether any manufacturer currently reports this drug as in shortage on the FDA Drug Shortages database. "Active Shortage" means at least one presentation has status "current."
No FDA shortage records
Vendor Pricing
$0.04/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$417.00 / 10 kg
Purity99%
Vendors34 available
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
33 more vendors
| Vendor | Country Supplier country. Where available, shows shipping origin. When the supplier ships from a different country than where they are registered, both are shown. Most suppliers show registration country only. | $/g | Pack | Purity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angene Chemical | China → Hong Kong | $0.05 | 500 g | 99% |
| AA BLOCKS | United States | $0.05 | 500 g | 99% |
| A2B Chem LLC | United States | $0.05 | 500 g | 99% |
| Chemscene | United States | $0.08 | 500 g | — |
| Ambeed, Inc. | United States | $0.08 | 500 g | 98% |
| Fluorochem EU | Germany | $0.08 | 1 kg | 95% |
| Fluorochem UK | United Kingdom | $0.08 | 1 kg | 95% |
| AK Scientific Specialized | United States | $0.10 | 1 kg | 95% |
| AK Scientific, Inc. | United States | $0.13 | 1 kg | 98% |
| Combi-Blocks, Inc. | United States | $0.25 | 1 kg | 95% |
| Angene International Limited | United States | $0.30 | 500 g | 97% |
| Cayman Europe | Estonia | $0.37 | 500 g | 95% |
| AstaTech, Inc | United States | $0.39 | 100 g | 95% |
| ALFA AESAR | Germany | $0.48 | 500 g | 98% |
| Aldlab | United States | $0.50 | 25 g | 95% |
| Apollo Scientific UK | United Kingdom | $0.63 | 100 g | 95% |
| Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock) | Germany | $0.80 | 500 g | 101% |
| Sigma-Aldrich | Germany | $0.80 | 500 g | 101% |
| Interbioscreen | Hong Kong | $12.00 | 10 g | 95% |
| Molnova | China | $38.00 | 1 g | 99% |
| TargetMol Chemicals | China → United States | $42.00 | 1 g | 99.92% |
| MedChemExpress MCE | Sweden | $62.92 | 1 g | 99.9% |
| HTS Biochemie Innovationen | Germany | $120.00 | 10 g | 95% |
| Labotest KG | Germany | $217.80 | 5000 mg | 90% |
| Otava, Ltd. | Ukraine | $2280.00 | 50 mg | 95% |
| Otava, Ltd. (2 weeks) | Ukraine | $2724.00 | 50 mg | 95% |
| Princeton BioMolecular Research (SC) | United States | $2900.00 | 100 mg | 90% |
| Angene | China → Hong Kong | $4266.67 | 30 mg | 99% |
| Vitas M Chemical Limited | Hong Kong | $5133.33 | 30 mg | 90% |
| Asinex | Netherlands | $6461.40 | 100 mg | 90% |
| Key Organics Ltd. | United Kingdom | $6900.00 | 10 mg | 98% |
| ChemDiv, Inc. | United States | $12444.44 | 9 mg | 90% |
| TimTec, LLC (back-ordered) | United States | $32000.00 | 15 mg | 94% |
Chemical Identity
CAS328-50-7
PubChem CID51
DTXSIDDTXSID5033179
FormulaC5H6O5
Mol. Weight146.1 g/mol
SMILESC(CC(=O)O)C(=O)C(=O)O
Data Sources
512026-04-07
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/name/.alpha.-ketoglutaric acid/cids/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_name/.alpha.-ketoglutaric acid.json
CAS 328-50-72026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/tsca-inventory
Archive: data/sources/tsca/tsca_inventory.csv
bulk match2026-04-07
https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/
Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json