Component
Guinea-pig hepatocyte carnitine content
Cellular carnitine accumulation measured after precursor incubation.
1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
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What it does
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What acts on it
Increasing ascorbate supplementation increased carnitine accumulation from gamma-butyrobetaine in primary guinea-pig hepatocytes after four hours.
Experimental context and source evidence
- cross_nutrient
- Vitamin C chemistry in collagen, modified-lysine/carnitine metabolism or copper-dependent peptide/catecholamine processing.
- experimental_model
- Primary cultured male guinea-pig hepatocyte monolayers
- exposure
- Ascorbate preloading followed by 4-hour gamma-butyrobetaine incubation; precursor range includes 0.05–1.0 mM and 5 mM.
- limitations
- Species-specific cell exposure; accumulation reflects production and other handling, not directly a human dietary dose-response.
- nutrient_topic
- Vitamin C research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. · Vitamin C
- organism
- Cavia porcellus
- plain_language
- Vitamin C helped isolated liver cells convert a supplied precursor into carnitine.
- primary_references
- [hepatocytes1991] The regulatory effect of ascorbate on the carnitine synthesis in primary cultured guinea pig hepatocytes. (1991). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1765841/ DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.37.371
- tissue_or_cell_type
- Hepatocytes
Vitamin C: mechanisms, deficiency and nutrient interactions (2026-09-17) · lines 702–713
AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Primary cultured male guinea-pig hepatocyte monolayers · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
### vc-enzyme-hepatocyte-carnitine Increasing ascorbate supplementation increased carnitine accumulation from gamma-butyrobetaine in primary guinea-pig hepatocytes after four hours. Condition category: normal nutrient_topic: Vitamin C research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. plain_language: Vitamin C helped isolated liver cells convert a supplied precursor into carnitine. organism: Cavia porcellus tissue_or_cell_type: Hepatocytes experimental_model: Primary cultured male guinea-pig hepatocyte monolayers limitations: Species-specific cell exposure; accumulation reflects production and other handling, not directly a human dietary dose-response. cross_nutrient: Vitamin C chemistry in collagen, modified-lysine/carnitine metabolism or copper-dependent peptide/catecholamine processing. exposure: Ascorbate preloading followed by 4-hour gamma-butyrobetaine incubation; precursor range includes 0.05–1.0 mM and 5 mM. [hepatocytes1991] The regulatory effect of ascorbate on the carnitine synthesis in primary cultured guinea pig hepatocytes. (1991). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1765841/ DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.37.371
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