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Diabetes Mellitus in Pregnancy Gestational Diabetes
2.8 million people in the UK have been diagnosed with diabetes in the UK and a further 850,000 people are undiagnosed. Diabetes is characterized by high blood glucose levels, resulting from a prob...
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New L-Carnitine and Green Coffee Bean Supplement, L-Carnitine Plus Now Available
Salt Lake City, Utah (PRWEB) December 07, 2012 A new product, L-Carnitine Plus, combines the amino acid L-carnitine and green coffee bean extract. This supplement is intended to aid in weight loss....
Bartholomew’s Bionotes: Time to Curtail the Carnitine?
Carnitine is a chemical inside cells which helps maintain the health of mitochondria, the organelles within cells that produce energy. Carnitine in your diet may be an entirely different story. Found...
Carnitine in Red Meat May Up CVD Risk via Altered Gut Flora
Intake of L-carnitine, especially in red meat and probably in supplements and energy drinks, appears to promote growth of bacteria in the gut that turn the carnitine into a metabolite that promote...
Duloxetine Useful in Chemo Neuropathy, But Avoid ALC
The antidepressant alleviated chemotherapy-induced neuropathy in what is described at a practice-changing trial, but patients with breast cancer should avoid acetyl-L-carnitine (ALC) supplements. Me...
New Study Questions Carnitine Heart Risk (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Carnitine, a compound found in red meats, appeared to be cardioprotective in a systematic review -- a finding that comes barely a week after a Nature Medicine study sounded an alarm...
Intestinal microbiota metabolism of l-carnitine, a nutrient in red meat, promotes atherosclerosis
The long-noted association of red meat with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease may be due to ingestion of a specific compound found in red meat, l-carnitine. The ability of this compound...
L-carnitine does not reduce cancer-related fatigue
(HealthDay)—Patients with invasive malignancies who take L-carnitine supplements do not experience a reduction in fatigue, pain, or depression, according to research published online Sept. 17 in the...
Carnitine in AMI Cuts Mortality, Arrhythmias: Meta-Analysis
Seemingly at odds with a recent report implicating L-carnitine as a possible villain in heart disease, a report points to a more heroic potential role in acute therapy and perhaps secondary preven...
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Effects of acetyl-L-carnitine and oxfenicine on aorta stiffness in diabetic rats.
Eur J Clin Invest 2010 Abstract Background We compared the haemodynamic and metabolic effects of acetyl-L-carnitine (one of the carnitine derivatives) and of oxfenicine (a carnitine palmitoyltransfera...
Acetyl-L-carnitine in hepatic encephalopathy.
Hepatic encephalopathy is a common complication of hepatic cirrhosis. The clinical diagnosis is based on two concurrent types of symptoms: impaired mental status and impaired neuromotor function. Impa...
BACKGROUND: Little information is available regarding the mechanism of cyclophosphamide (CP)-induced renal damage. Therefore, this study examined whether carnitine deficiency constitutes a risk factor...
Modulation of Myelin Basic Protein Gene Expression by Acetyl-L: -Carnitine.
Acetyl-L: -carnitine (ALC), the acetyl ester of L: -carnitine, is a naturally occurring molecule which plays an essential role in intermediary and mitochondrial metabolism. It has also neurotrophic an...
INTRODUCTION: Acetyl-L: -carnitine (Nicetile(R) fiale; Biofutura Pharma S.p.A., Sigma Tau group, Milano, Italy) is a compound widely used for the treatment of many diseases, such as neuropathies, diab...
