acetylcarnitine

English

Etymology

acetyl + carnitine

Noun

acetylcarnitine (countable and uncountable, plural acetylcarnitines)

  1. Acetylated carinitine; a dietary supplement derived from carnitine.
    • 2009 March 3, Peter Lueders, “Feed Your Face”, in New York Times:
      Her mostly organic diet is supplemented with black-currant oil, acetylcarnitine and silica capsules.

Synonyms

(acetylated carnitine):

  • ACAR (abbreviation)
  • ACar (abbreviation)

Hyponyms

(acetylated carnitine):

  • levoacetylcarninite
  • levo-acetylcarninite
  • L-acetylcarnitine
  • acetyl-L-carnitine
  • LAC
  • ALC
  • ALCAR
  • dextroacetylcarninite
  • dextro-acetylcarninite
  • D-acetylcarnitine
  • acetyl-D-carnitine
  • DAC
  • DL-acetylcarnitine
  • acetyl-DL-carnitine

Derived terms

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