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Aged-rat brain CrAT activity and apparent substrate affinity
Aged-rat brain CrAT activity and apparent substrate affinity
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What it does
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What acts on it
ALCAR improved reduced CrAT activity and apparent substrate affinity in aged rat brain.
Experimental context and source evidence
- evidence_access
- Primary full text: relevant Results/Methods and figure descriptions reviewed; supplements only where explicitly stated.; Full primary correction read: adds Juvenon financial-interest disclosures, not a changed biochemical result.
- experimental_contrast
- {"intervention": "ALCAR-fed old rats", "comparator": "Unsupplemented old rats", "endpoint": "ALCAR improved reduced CrAT activity and apparent substrate affinity in aged rat brain.", "effect_direction": "increase", "combination": "single", "conditions": []} Explicit extracted experimental comparison; source-derived draft.
- experimental_model
- Fischer 344 males; 0.5% ALCAR in water for seven weeks; young/old comparisons.
- interpretation_status
- Source-derived curation with stated access limits; ungraded, not independent replication.
- limitations
- Limited to the recorded preparation, model, exposure and endpoint. Does not establish a human dietary deficiency, clinical benefit or unique molecular mediation.
- nutrient_topic
- Acetyl-L-carnitine collection; exact intervention and molecular form govern interpretation. · Acetyl-L-carnitine
- plain_language
- ALCAR improved reduced CrAT activity and apparent substrate affinity in aged rat brain.
- primary_references
- Age-associated mitochondrial oxidative decay: improvement of carnitine acetyltransferase substrate-binding affinity and activity in brain by feeding old rats acetyl-L- carnitine and/or R-alpha -lipoic acid. | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11854488/ | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC122287/ | https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.261709098
- primary_references
- Correction | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC124428/
- source_locator
- Reviewed reference rat-crat-affinity; ALCAR alone and ALCAR plus dietary R-lipoic acid improved kinetic measures. Oxidative aldehyde damage was studied separately; a dietary effect is not proof of human enzyme repair.
Acetyl-L-carnitine: detailed mechanisms of action (reviewed 6 October 2026) · lines 444–451
AI-assisted original review of primary studies and clearly identified official records. Exact primary access is stated; no independent replication is claimed. · supports · Fischer 344 males; 0.5% ALCAR in water for seven weeks; young/old comparisons. · Recorded from source · Recorded from source
### rat-crat-affinity ALCAR improved reduced CrAT activity and apparent substrate affinity in aged rat brain. ALCAR alone and ALCAR plus dietary R-lipoic acid improved kinetic measures. Oxidative aldehyde damage was studied separately; a dietary effect is not proof of human enzyme repair. Model and exposure: Fischer 344 males; 0.5% ALCAR in water for seven weeks; young/old comparisons. Limitations: Limited to the recorded preparation, model, exposure and endpoint. Does not establish a human dietary deficiency, clinical benefit or unique molecular mediation. Reference: Age-associated mitochondrial oxidative decay: improvement of carnitine acetyltransferase substrate-binding affinity and activity in brain by feeding old rats acetyl-L- carnitine and/or R-alpha -lipoic acid. | 2002 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11854488/ | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC122287/ | https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.261709098 | Access: Primary full text: relevant Results/Methods and figure descriptions reviewed; supplements only where explicitly stated. Reference: Correction | 2002 | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC124428/ | Access: Full primary correction read: adds Juvenon financial-interest disclosures, not a changed biochemical result.
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