carnitine
car·ni·tine
noun \ˈkär-nə-ˌtēn\Definition of CARNITINE
: a quaternary ammonium compound C7H15NO3 that is present especially in vertebrate muscle and that in the levorotatory form is involved in the transfer of fatty acids across mitochondrial membranes
Origin of CARNITINE
International Scientific Vocabulary, from Latin carn-, caro
First Known Use: circa 1922
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