Nutrition Reports International Influence of Oral Carnitine on the Body Weight and Survival Time of Avitaminotic-c Guinea Pigs
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Two groups of guinea pigs received 1% ascorbic acid in their drinking water to achieve tissue saturation and were afterwards maintained on an ascorbic acid-free regime till death. One group received fresh, aqueous DL-carnitine (lOmg/ml/kg body weight) daily, the other an equivalent volume of water. The carnitine-supplemented group survived for a significantly longer period than the non-supplemented group (p < 0.01). The results suggest that carnitine synthesis is an important extra-antiscorbutic role of vitamin C.
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