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Title
Vegetarians have a reduced skeletal muscle carnitine transport capacity.
Authors
Stephens, Francis B; Marimuthu, Kanagaraj; Cheng, Yi; Patel, Nitin; Constantin, Despina; Simpson, Elizabeth J; Greenhaff, Paul L
Abstract
Ninety-five percent of the body carnitine pool resides in skeletal muscle where it plays a vital role in fuel metabolism. However, vegetarians obtain negligible amounts of carnitine from their diet.
Publication
The American journal of clinical nutrition, 2011, Vol 94, Issue 3, p938