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(±)-Palmitoylcarnitine chloride
Biological Activity:
Intermediate
in mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation. Has a wide range of biological actions
including the inhibition of protein kinase C and cell membrane disruption.
Nakadate and Blumberg (1987) Modulation by palmitoylcarnitine of
protein kinase C activation. Cancer Res. 47 6537. Criddle et
al (1990) The effects of novel vasodilator long chain acyl carnitine esters
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477. Dainty et al (1990) Interactions of palmitoyl carnitine with
the endothelium in rat aorta. Br.J.Pharmacol. 100 241. Requeroet al (1995) The membrane-perturbing properties of palmitoyl-coenzyme A
and palmitoylcarnitine. A comparative study. Biochemistry 34
10400.