Studies showed that the levels of total carnitine, free carnitine, L-carnitine and C3:0 in dialysis patients were lower than those in healthy controls, while those of C4:0, isoamyl C4:0 and C18:1-OH were higher
The results are graphed to determine Cmax, Tmax, half-life, and AUC for the test compound and metabolites
Cells culture and treatment Human normal hepatocyte cell line HL7702 used in this study was purchased from the Shanghai Institute of Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Shanghai, China)
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