Acetyl-l-carnitine and oxfenicine on cardiac pumping mechanics in streptozotocin-induced diabetes in male Wistar rats.

INTRODUCTION: In the treatment of patients with diabetes, one objective is an improvement of cardiac metabolism to alleviate the left ventricular (LV) function. For this study, we compared the effects of acetyl-l-carnitine (one of the carnitine derivatives) and of oxfenicine (a carnitine palmitoyltr...

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Main Authors: Chih-Hsien Wang, Shoei-Shen Wang, Wen-Je Ko, Yih-Sharng Chen, Chun-Yi Chang, Ru-Wen Chang, Kuo-Chu Chang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3724909?pdf=render