Effects of oral L-carnitine and DL-carnitine supplementation on alloxan-diabetic rats

The effect of oral L-carnitine (LC) or DL-carnitine (DLC) supplementation during one or four weeks (200 or 400 mg.kg-1.day-1) in diabetic rats was investigated. After the supplementation period, the blood was collected for the evaluation of total (TC) and free L-carnitine (FC), glucose, total choles...

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Main Authors: Roberto Barbosa Bazotte, Gisele Lopes-Bertolini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2012-02-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
Subjects:
rat
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132012000100010