Abstract
Gnotobiotic rats received up to 3 mmol L-carnitine/day with the drinking water during 9 days. They excreted about a quarter of the administered dose with the urine, partially in form of acetyl-L-carnitine, but trimethylamine, trimethylamine N-oxide or gamma-butyrobetaine were not detectable in urine or faeces in contrast to conventional animals. After oral loading with D-carnitine the unphysiological isomer was absorbed and either excreted unchanged in urine or metabolized to acetonyltrimethylammonium. With regard to the development of carnitine deficiency syndromes and the degradation of nutritional carnitine the conclusion has to be drawn, that the bacteria of the gastro-intestinal tract, but not the tissues of the mammals, are responsible for the metabolization of L-carnitine to gamma-butyrobetaine or trimethylamine.
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