| 79 | |
| Summary | Gut microbes (currently unknown members) increase l‑carnitine's toxicity. |
| Gut | |
| l‑carnitine (PubChem CID: 10917) | |
| unknown | |
| 23563705 | |
| increase toxicity | |
| The gut microbiota converts dietary choline and L-carnitine to trimethylamine (TMA), which is further metabolized by the flavine monooxygenase system in the liver to produce the toxic metabolite TMA-N-oxide (TMAO). |
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