The carnitine and carnitine ester content of rat bile and human duodenal fluid
Carnitine is necessary for the beta-oxidation of long-chain fatty acids. Carnitine esters are produced to transport fatty acids across the otherwise impermeable inner mitochondrial membrane. Although carnitine has been investigated in many tissues, the content and possible roles of carnitine in the...
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University of British Columbia
2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/25894 |