Definition of Carnitine
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Carnitine
1.
_ Hydroxy _ trimethyl aminobutyric acid. Compound that transports long chain fatty acids across the inner mitochondrial membrane in the form of acyl carnitine. Sometimes referred to as Vitamin Bt or Vitamin B7.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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