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Effects of L-carnitine administration on mitochondrial electron transport activity present in human muscle during circulatory shock |
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| Authors: | G G Corbucci A Gasparetto M Antonelli M Bufi G Crimi G Conti R A De Blasi A Candiani M B Cooper D A Jones |
| Abstract: | Carnitine was administered to a group of patients in shock, and the activities of cytochrome oxidase and succinate cytochrome c reductase in muscle needle biopsies from these patients were compared to those activities present in a non-carnitine treated control group of patients. Carnitine seemingly exerted a significant protective action on cytochrome oxidase activity during the initial phases of shock, but not to such an extent on succinate cytochrome c reductase activities. |
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