L-Lysine Hydrochloride
L-Lysine Hydrochloride is a unrated form of L-Lysine, used in 1,062 on-market products and providing 80.0% elemental l-lysine by weight.
1,062
on-market products
unrated
quality tier
80.0%
elemental fraction
Basis: C6H14N2O2 x HCl, anhydrous 1:1 (lysine 146.19 / 182.65); a monohydrate (0.729) is occasionally declared
Why this tier: The salt used in the herpes simplex trials above (lysine monohydrochloride) and the dominant disclosed form (~565 rows named 'L-lysine hydrochloride'); no study compared it with free lysine.
Source: Griffith RS et al. 1987, PMID 3115841; McCune MA et al. 1984, PMID 6435961