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DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1082576
© Karl F. Haug Verlag in MVS Medizinverlage Stuttgart GmbH & Co. KG
L-Carnitin und kardiovaskuläre Erkrankungen
Publication History
Publication Date:
15 August 2008 (online)

Zusammenfassung
L-Carnitin wird mit der Nahrung aufgenommen und durch den Organismus synthetisiert. Die Hauptfunktion von L-Carnitin im Intermediärstoffwechsel ist der Transport von Fettsäuren durch die innere Mitochondrienmembran. Die funktionelle Bedeutung von L-Carnitin im Zusammenhang mit kardiovaskulären Erkrankungen bietet einen Ansatzpunkt für die Erforschung, da die Energiebereitstellung in den Myokardzellen hauptsächlich durch die Oxidation von Fettsäuren erfolgt.
Bei Herz-Kreislauf-Erkrankungen liegt häufig ein L-Carnitin-Mangel vor. In zahlreichen Studien wurde untersucht, ob ein Zusammenhang zwischen kardiovaskulären Erkrankungen und L-Carnitin besteht. Die Ergebnisse liefern Hinweise auf eine positive Korrelation. Zur Anwendung in der Kardiologie besteht jedoch noch weiterer Forschungsbedarf.
Abstract
The substance L-carnitine is of great importance in prophylaxis and therapy of cardiologic diseases. In contrast to the effect of omega-3 fatty acids, which have established themselves not only in nutritive medicine for the therapy of arrhythmia, further research on the use of L-carnitine in the case of cardiologic problems is necessary. Considering the present studies, it has to be assumed, that L-carnitine could play an important role in cardiology. At least in the adjuvant therapy, the supplementation of L-Carnitine, the coenzyme Q10, and in the case of certain heart diseases, the combination with omega-3 fatty acids is very useful.
Schlüsselwörter
L-Carnitin - Herz-Kreislauf-Erkrankungen - nutritive Medizin - Herzinsuffizienz - Ernährung
Keywords
L-carnitine - cardiovascular diseases - nutritive medicine - heart failure - nutrition
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