carnitor vs acetyl l carnitine L-Carnitine | Linus Pauling Institute L-Carnitine is Underrated. New Meta

[DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar] 62.Longo N

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They deliver the fuel (fatty acids) to the car so that the engine (mitochondria, your cells power plants) can burn this fuel to produce the energy the racing car (your body) needs to keep moving

ALCAR can provide an acetyl moiety that can be oxidized for energy, used as a precursor for acetylcholine, or incorporated into glutamate, glutamine and GABA, or into lipids for myelination and cell growth

In recent years there has been considerable interest in the therapeutic potential of L-carnitine and acetyl-L-carnitine (ALCAR) for neuroprotection [1, 4, 722]