Description

Carnitine is an essential nutrient first found in muscle extracts in 1905. Later in 1927 the chemical structure of LCarnitine was confirmed. This vitaminlike nutrient also known as Vitamin BT wasnt available commercially until the 1980s. LCarnitines main responsibility is that of energy production and proper fat metabolism.LCarnitine is found most often in meat and meat extract. In the human body LCarnitine is found abundantly in heart and skeletal muscle. It can be synthesized in the human liver but insufficient amounts are produced in infants in adolescents and in adults under certain physiological conditions. Two essential amino acids lysine and methionine are required for LCarnitine bioynthesis . Vitamin C Iron Vitamin B6 and Niacin are also involved in a sequence of enzymatically catalyzed reactions. It is evident that a lack of availability of any of these essential nutrients would greatly impair the bodys ability to synthesize LCarnitine.