Acetyl-L-carnitine supplementation restores decreased tissue carnitine levels and impaired lipid metabolism in aged rats

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 729-735

  Tanaka, Yasukazu ^a   Sasaki, Rorie ^a   Fukui, Fumiko ^a   Waki, Hatsue ^a   Kawabata, Terue ^b   Okazaki, Mitsuyo ^c   Hasegawa, Kyoko ^b   Ando, Susumu ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA NUTRITION UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Tokyo Medical and Dental University ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Ketone bodies; Lipoproteins; Synaptic membranes; Triacylglycerol

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; LEVACECARNINE; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

AGED; AGING; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEART; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

ACETYLCARNITINE; AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CARNITINE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRINKING; EATING; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 1642465481     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M300425-JLR200     Document Type: Article

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