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

Preferred term

Palmitoylcarnitine  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Hexadecanoylcarnitine
  • Palmitylcarnitine

Scope note

  • A long-chain fatty acid ester of carnitine which facilitates the transfer of long-chain fatty acids from cytoplasm into mitochondria during the oxidation of fatty acids.

History note

  • 91(78); was see under CARNITINE 1978-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010172

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