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Low red meat consumers: L-carnitine is primarily found in red meat, making supplementation valuable for anyone limiting animal protein intake or following plant-forward diets

When fatty acid is catalyzed by acyl-CoA-synthatase to produce acyl-CoA, it is transported by carnitine acyl-CoA transferase I into the membrane

It undergoes extensive first pass metabolism, with bioavailability varying between 5 to 50% and 51 to 87%

Upon oral intake, acetyl-l-carnitine supplements are rapidly deacetylated, i.e., converted back to l-carnitine and acetyl-CoA within the intestinal wall before absorption

Detection was performed using the Thermo Scientific Dionex UltiMate 3000 HPLC system equipped with a binary pump and bypassed column, in conjunction with a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer in positive electrospray ionization mode