Not surprisingly, the highest levels of carnitine are found in those organs performing the greatest amount of energy metabolism, including our brain, heart and skeletal muscles where over 98% of the bodys precious reserves of carnitine are found
Rebouche CJ, Chenard CA
Martina, B., Zuber, M., Weiss, P., Burkart, F., and Ritz, R
In this regard, L-carnitine plays an important role in energy production by conjugating to fatty acids for transport from the cytosol into the mitochondria (6)
It is a component of the glutathione-ascorbate cycle, a system that reduces poisonous hydrogen peroxide
10), with only minor adjustments to the substrate-binding site to alleviate a steric clash between the tropane moiety and F443 of TM10