Neuroprotection
L-carnitine exhibits neuroprotective effect in rats
Published in Health and Medicine Week, November 22nd, 2004
"A plant and fungal toxin, 3-NPA, acts as an inhibitor of mitochondrial function via irreversible inactivation of the mitochondrial inner membrane enzyme, succinate dehydrogenase (SDH). Inhibition of SDH disturbs electron transport and leads to cellular energy deficits and neuronal injury. We have shown that pretreatment with L-carnitine, while not significantly attenuating SDH inhibition, prevented hypothermia and oxidative stress-associated increased activity of free radical-scavenging enzymes," scientists writing in the journal Neuroscience Letters report.
"Here, a neurohistological...
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