No replenishment of carnitine from trimethyllysine during pivalate- induced carnitine loss in humans

Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 147-151

  Melegh, Béla ^a   Pap, Maria ^a   Szekely, Gabriella ^b   Gage, Douglas A ^b   Sherry, A Dean ^c   Bieber, Loran L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

carnitine; pivaloyl carnitine; pivampicillin; trimethyllysine

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; CARNITINE DERIVATIVE; PIVALIC ACID; PIVAMPICILLIN; TRIMETHYLLYSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0030909810     PISSN: 09552863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-2863(97)00013-2     Document Type: Article

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