Carnitine

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 * Name: Carnitine
 * Alternate Name(s): L-Carnitine, L-Carnitine Tartrate, acetyl L-Carnitine, Propionyl-L-Carnitine
 * IUPAC Name: (3R)-3-Hydroxy-4-(trimethylammonio)butanoate
 * Formula: C 7 H 15 NO 3
 * Molar Mass: 161.198898
 * Melting Point: 210-212
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 * Density: unknown
 * Solubility in Water: 2.50 mg/L (20 o c)
 * Percent Composition by Mass: unknown
 * Percent Composition by Number: unknown
 * Type of Bonding: Single/Double
 * Appearance: White Solid



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Do not take Carnitine if you have/during the following:

 * Insomnia- Carnitine can cause energy spikes making falling asleep very difficult.
 * Illnesses such as Alzheimer's disease- Carnitine will increase agitation, confusion, depression, and aggression
 *  Digestive disorders- Carnitine can cause dyspepsia, heartburn, and even diarrhea !
 * Thyroid/Hyperthyroid- Do not take Carnitine if you have low or borderline thyroid levels because it can impair the action of your thyroid hormone medications
 * Cardiovascular activity- Carnitine can cause fast heartbeat rates, hypertension, or even an increase in your blood pressure
 * Kidney disease- Carnitine will cause the weakness of muscle groups
 * Anorexia- Carnitine can cause the form of anorexia nervosa, and an eating disorder leading to starvation if taken to extremes
 * __DRUG INTERACTIONS__ - Carnitine can slow blood clotting more than it should and it will lead to effects such as bruising and bleeding

=What is Carnitine? What Does It Do?? = =Where Is It Found? How Can I Obtain It? = =Importance/Uses?? = =History = = = =Resources: =
 * Carnitine is a substance made by the liver and kidney. It also is an amino acid made from lysine and methionine and acts as an antioxidant to help your body turn fat into energy. Its name is derived from the latin word 'carnus' or flesh. Some things that it does is that it transports long-chain fatty acids into the mitochondria so they can be burned to produce energy. It also transports the toxic compounds generated to prevent accumulation. It is concentrated in tissues like skeletal and cardiac muscle and it is a generic term of a number of compounds.
 * Carnitine is found in nearly all cells of the body. You can obtain it in your daily diet consisting of red meat, fish, poultry, and milk. Carnitine is also an antibiotic so you can get them in drugstores as L-Carnitine.
 * Carnitine is used to improve athletic performances, delay the aging process, increase work capacity, prevent diabetes, and the importance of carnitine is that it improves Insulin health, helps you have better skin, and it treats long term urinary tract infections, it also plays an important role of transporting long-chain fatty acids into the mitochondria so they can be burned to produce energy.
 * Discovered in 1905 in Russia. It's structural formula was decoded in 1927 and its significance was understood by the 1960s.

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 * http://www.livestrong.com/article/389246-l-carnitine-facts/
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 * http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Carnitine-HealthProfessional/
 * http://www.livestrong.com/article/86784-dangers-lcarnitine/
 * http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/psychology/health_psychology/l-carni.htm