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acylcarnitines

acylcarnitines

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Noun

acylcarnitines

  1. plural of acylcarnitine
    • 2015, Elisa Fabbrini, Faidon Magkos, “Hepatic Steatosis as a Marker of Metabolic Dysfunction”, in Nutrients, volume 7, DOI:10.3390/nu7064995:
      In obese human subjects, intrahepatic DAG content, but not ceramides or acylcarnitines (other derivatives of fatty acid metabolism), is inversely correlated with the ability of insulin to suppress endogenous glucose production [45].