Carnitine: the carrier transporting fatty acyls into mitochondria by means of an electrochemical gradient of H + .

Acetates Animals Biological Transport Carnitine/metabolism,pharmacology Cattle Electric Conductivity Hydrogen-Ion Concentration Membrane Potentials Membranes, Artificial Microscopy, Electron Mitochondria, Liver/drug effects,metabolism Mitochondria, Muscle Mitochondrial Swelling/drug effects Myocardium/cytology Oxygen Consumption Palmitic Acids/metabolism,pharmacology Phospholipids Rats Stereoisomerism Uncoupling Agents/pharmacology

Acetates Membranes, Artificial Palmitic Acids Phospholipids Uncoupling Agents Carnitine