The carnitine status does not affect the contractile and metabolic phenotype of skeletal muscle in pigs

The carnitine status does not affect the contractile and metabolic phenotype of skeletal muscle in pigs

Abstract Background Recently, supplementation of L-carnitine to obese rats was found to improve the carnitine status and to counteract an obesity-induced muscle fiber transition from type I to type II. However, it has not been resolved if the change of muscle fiber distribution induced in obese rats...

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Main Authors: Daniel Kaup, Janine Keller, Erika Most, Joachim Geyer, Klaus Eder, Robert Ringseis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:Nutrition & Metabolism
Subjects:
Carnitine
Muscle fiber distribution
Pig
Myosin heavy chain isoforms
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12986-017-0238-7

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