Lysine, a precursor of carnitine in the rat.

Anemia Animals Blood Proteins/analysis Body Weight Carbon Isotopes Carnitine/biosynthesis Chromatography, Ion Exchange Diet Hematocrit Hemoglobins/analysis Hypoproteinemia Liver/metabolism Lysine/metabolism Male Models, Biological Muscles/metabolism Myocardium/metabolism Rats Rats, Inbred Strains

Blood Proteins Carbon Isotopes Hemoglobins Lysine Carnitine