L-Carnitine

What it is

L-Carnitine is a naturally occurring compound, not a peptide, that shuttles long-chain fatty acids into mitochondria for beta-oxidation. It is supplied here as a 500 mg research reagent.

Where it has been studied

• Fatty-acid oxidation and mitochondrial function
• Exercise physiology models
• Carnitine deficiency models

Selected literature

• Carnitine transport and fatty acid oxidationLongo N et al. · Biochim Biophys Acta, 2016 · PMID 26828774
• Involvement of impaired carnitine-induced fatty acid oxidation in experimental and human diabetic kidney diseaseIto S et al. · JCI Insight, 2025 · PMID 40402578

PubMed records selected for relevance to the compound. They describe published research, not outcomes or uses.