L-Carnitine 600mg

L-Carnitine is a quaternary ammonium compound, not a peptide, whose role is to shuttle long-chain fatty acids across the inner mitochondrial membrane for beta-oxidation. It has a molecular weight of 161.20 (CAS 541-15-1) and occurs naturally in mammalian tissue. Sova supplies L-Carnitine UK as a 600mg vial, a larger quantity suited to repeated assay work and larger-scale research preparations.

Biochemically, L-Carnitine acts as the carrier in the carnitine shuttle, forming acyl-carnitine esters that allow activated fatty acids to enter the mitochondrial matrix. Once inside, the fatty acids are released for beta-oxidation and downstream energy metabolism. This transport role places the compound at a central control point of cellular lipid handling, which is why it features widely in bioenergetics investigations.

Research groups study L-Carnitine within fatty-acid-metabolism and bioenergetics contexts, using it to probe mitochondrial substrate transport and cellular energy flux. Sova provides the compound purely as a characterised reference material for such in-vitro and preclinical work. It is offered as a defined starting material and carries no physiological, dietary or performance claim of any kind.

As a small molecule, L-Carnitine is verified by HPLC to confirm identity and purity rather than by peptide mass-spectrometry sequencing, with the results documented on a batch-linked Certificate of Analysis. Store the sealed vial cool, dry and protected from light. Sova is a UK-based supplier providing this material for laboratory research use only, and it is not intended for human or animal consumption.