Carnitine Enigma: From Antioxidant Action to Vitagene Regulation. Part 1. Absorption, Metabolism, and Antioxidant Activities
Published:March 13, 2017
Summary
Introduction L-carnitine (LC), a naturally occurring and widely distributed in nature compound was discovered in 1905 by Gulewitsch and Krimberg [1]. For the last 50 years this nutrient has received a substantial attention from medical sciences and poultry and pig nutritionists. Main dietary sources of carnitine in poultry/animal nutrition are animal-derived feed ingredients while grains and t...
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Dr. Peter, I congratulate you on the article. Very interesting reports on the actions of carnitine. I would like to question the effective antioxidant action of carnitine in the metabolism of broilers submitted to heat stress. As I am aware, high temperatures increase the oxidative stress of chickens by decreasing the activity of the UCP decoupling protein. In this case, due to the increase in proton concentration, the mitochondrial membrane potential increases, thus increasing oxidative stress. My question is whether in this case, the carnitine would have some action increasing the activity of the UCP decreasing the oxidative stress.
Dear Juarez, carnitine can improve mitochondria integrity in stress conditions, including heat stress. Since mitochondria are the main source of free radicals in the cell, carnitine can decrease oxidative stress. Furthermore, carnitine can also affect Nrf2 activity and by doing so further increase antioxidant defences
Dr Peter, thank you for your clarification. However, the question remains whether carnitine decreases oxidative stress, while also acting to increase CPU activity in heat.
Hello, gentlemen, Carnitine products need to be supported by the osmotic regulation of the cell membrane by betaine. That could be the base of antistress factor.
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