BACKGROUND Malnutrition and epilepsy share a complex bidirectional relationship,with malnutrition serving as a potential risk factor for epilepsy development,while epilepsy,in turn,often exerts profound effects on nut...
financially supported by the Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council(TUBITAK,No.TUBITAK-7218008);the Scientific Research Projects Unit of Istanbul Kultur University(No.IKU-BAP2212).
This observational cohort study investigated the potential of a novel sperm-washing medium(SWM)enriched with serotonin(5-HT),L-carnitine(L-C),and coenzyme Q10(CoQ10)to enhance sperm motility and reduce DNA damage.It c...
AIM:To investigate the effect of acetyl-L-carnitine(ALCAR)on cell viability,morphological integrity,and vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF)expression in human retinal pigment epithelium(ARPE-19)cells using a hypo...
Objective:To assess the effects of L-carnitine on the outcomes of patients with moderate to severe coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)in intensive care unit(ICU).Methods:This double-blind clinical trial was carried out...
Impact statement Gut microbiota-derived trimethylamine(TMA)is associated with cardiometabolic disorders and exemplifies a microbial involvement in the etiology of emerging,noncommunicable diseases,the leading causes o...
This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea,Republic of Korea(grant number 2022R1I1A1A01069773,2022R1F1A1063434,and 2022R1A6A3A13064354);the Technology Innovation Program(grant number 20009663);the Ministry of Trade,Industry&Energy(MOTIE,Republic of Korea);the OTTOGI Corporation,Republic of Korea,through the Research and Publication Project.
Wild-simulated ginseng(WSG)grown in the mountains without specific facilities is widely used as functional foods in Asian countries due to its bioactive compounds,such as ginsenosides.However,long-time cultivation,low...
part of the MitoCow Consortium’s research,funded by the German Research Foundation(DFG;Reference number:HU 838/12–2)。
Background:Carnitine facilitates the flux of long-chain fatty acids for hepatic mitochondrial beta-oxidation,which acts to ameliorate the negative energy balance commonly affecting high-yielding dairy cows.Inflammatio...
supported by Bangladesh Academy of Science(BAS-USDA;Project No.LS-16/2017);the International Foundation for Science(IFS;reference No B/5219);Bangabandhu Science and Technology Fellowship Trust of Ministry of Science and Technology,People’s Republic of Bangladesh.
Objective:To investigate the effect of L-carnitine on in vitro maturation and subsequent in vitro embryo production of buffalo oocytes.Methods:Cumulus oocyte complexes(COCs)were aspirated from ovaries of slaughtered b...
The fatty acid composition of spermatozoa has been shown to be important for their function,and L-carnitine is crucial for fatty acid metabolism.Its levels in the seminal plasma positively correlate with semen quality...
This study evaluated the relationship between serum L-carnitine level and sperm parameters in young boars. Serum L-carnitine and semen characteristics were determined for 61 young Duroc boars between the ages of 590 a...