CARNITINE


Meaning of CARNITINE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkär-nə-ˌtēn ]

noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from Latin carn-, caro

Date: circa 1922

: a quaternary ammonium compound C 7 H 15 NO 3 that is present especially in vertebrate muscle and that in the levorotatory form is involved in the transfer of fatty acids across mitochondrial membranes

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