Vegetarians have a reduced skeletal muscle carnitine transport capacity

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 938-944

  Stephens, Francis B ^a   Marimuthu, Kanagaraj ^a   Cheng, Yi ^a   Patel, Nitin ^a   Constantin, Despina ^a   Simpson, Elizabeth J ^a   Greenhaff, Paul L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; INSULIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEUTRAL INSULIN; ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORTER 2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERINSULINEMIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VEGETARIAN;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARNITINE; DIET, VEGETARIAN; HUMANS; HYPERINSULINISM; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052011641     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.111.012047     Document Type: Article

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