Current concepts in carnitine research

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PART I: Introduction (A.Lee Carter, Ph.D.). Acyl Carnitine: Function and Enzymology (Loren L. Bieber, Ph.D.). Carnitine and Valproate (Timothy Bohan, M.D.). Biochemical Properties of Propionyl Carnitine and Isovaleryl-Carnitine (Noris Silliprandi, M.D., Ph.D.). Metabolic Fate of Dietary Carnitine in Humans (Charles J. Rebouche, Ph.D.). PART II: Introduction (A. Lee Carter, Ph.D.). Carnitine in Food Animal Production (G. Larry Newton, Ph.D.). Carnitine - Alcohol Interaction in Mammalian Systems (Dileep S. Sachan, Ph.D.). Designing Active-Site Probes of Carnitine Acyltransferases: Potentially Potent Regulators of Lipid Metabolism (Richard D. Gandour, Ph.D.). Sites of Action of Carnitine: An Overview (Irving B. Fitz, Ph.D.) PART III: Introduction (Loren L. Bieber, Ph.D.). Newer Insights into the Carnitine Palmitoyl Transferase Enzyme System (J. Dennis McGarry, Ph.D.). Carnitine Palmitoyl Transferase (Charles Hoppell, M.D.). Carnitine Palmitoyl Transferases: How Many and How to Discriminate (Shri V. Pande, Ph.D.). Clinical Deficiencies of CPT (J.M. Saudubray, M.D.). PART IV: Introduction (Ann Willbrand, Ph.D.). Carnitine and Myocardial Function (Mary Ella Pierpont, M.D.). Carnitine Deficiency and the Diabetic Heart (Dennis J. Paulson, Ph.D). Effects of Carnitine and Carnitine Acyltransferase Inhibition on Energy Substrate Utilization in the Intact Heart (Gary D. Lopaschuk, Ph.D.). Additional Areas of Carnitine Research (A. Lee Carter, Ph.D.).