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... > Organic Chemicals > Amines > Quaternary Ammonium Compounds > Trimethyl Ammonium Compounds > Carnitine > Acetylcarnitine
... > Inorganic Chemicals > Nitrogen Compounds > Ammonium Compounds > Quaternary Ammonium Compounds > Trimethyl Ammonium Compounds > Carnitine > Acetylcarnitine
... > Organic Chemicals > Onium Compounds > Quaternary Ammonium Compounds > Trimethyl Ammonium Compounds > Carnitine > Acetylcarnitine

Preferred term

Acetylcarnitine  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Acetyl Carnitine
  • Acetyl L Carnitine
  • Acetyl-L-Carnitine
  • Carnitine, Acetyl
  • Levocarnitine Acetyl

Scope note

  • An acetic acid ester of CARNITINE that facilitates movement of ACETYL COA into the matrices of mammalian MITOCHONDRIA during the oxidation of FATTY ACIDS.

History note

  • 1991(1978); use CARNITINE 1978-1990; for MEDOSAN use ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL (NM) 1988-2003

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000108

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