The antioxidant properties of carnitine in vitro

Many of the effects of carnitine are ascribed to its antioxidant properties. The aim of this study was to evaluate the antioxidant properties of carnitine in vitro. Carnitine was found to decolorize ABTS•+, and to protect fluorescein against bleaching induced by AAPH-derived peroxyl radicals and peroxynitrite, thiol groups against oxidation induced by hydrogen peroxide, peroxyl radicals, hypochlorite and peroxynitrite, and erythrocytes against hemolysis induced by peroxyl radicals and hypochlorite. These results show that carnitine has a direct antioxidant action against physiologically relevant oxidants.

• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters

• Publication date

  2009-11-20

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Chemistry

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  DOI 10.2478/s11658-009-0036-yPMID 19936630PMCID 6275708
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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