"Palmitoylcarnitine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A long-chain fatty acid ester of carnitine which facilitates the transfer of long-chain fatty acids from cytoplasm into mitochondria during the oxidation of fatty acids.
| Descriptor ID |
D010172
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.092.877.883.099.700
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Palmitoylcarnitine" by people in Profiles.
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Application of the theory of steady-state flux control to mitochondrial beta-oxidation. Biomed Biochim Acta. 1991; 50(12):1143-57.
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