Hanna Kim, Yoon Hee Park, Young Ja Oh, Kyung Ah Park, In Sook Kim, Kum Myoung Woo, Bup-Woo Kim, Yong Sang Lee, Hang-Seok Chang, Cheong Soo Park Journal of Korean Thyroid Association.2013
In a zebrafish model, compared with C3-carnitine, C18-carnitine and C18:1-carnitine can induce the inhibition of OXPHOS, interfere with the energy supply of cardiomyocytes, and lead to a significant impairment of cardiac systolic function, which manifests as a decreased heart rate and reduced shortening of the atrial and ventricular fractions [21]
Research suggests that carnitine helps maintain the membranes of the mitochondria
Resistance to echinocandin-class antifungal drugs
Researchers became interested when early studies revealed that these peptides dont just work in parallelthey actually enhance each others mechanisms
Autoimmune diseases attack the mitochondria in specific cells