Carnosine(L-Carnosine，scientific name β-alanyl-I-histidine,is a crystalline solid dipeptide composed of two amino acids, β-alanine and L-histidine.Muscle and brain tissue contain high concentrations of carnosine.Carnosine is a drug that was discovered along with carnitine by a Russian chemist named Gulevich.Studies in the UKSouth KoreaRussia and other countries have shown that carnosinehas strong antioxidant properties and is beneficial to the human body.Carnosine has been shown to remove reactive oxygen species(ROS) and a-- unsaturated aldehydes formed byexcessive oxidation of fatty acids in cell membranes during oxidative stress.