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Patients with medium-chain acyl-coenzyme a dehydrogenase deficiency have impaired oxidation of fat during exercise but no effect of L-carnitine supplementation. Carnosine is found throughout your body. Anesth.Analg. In an eight-week study in 38 women who exercised four times per week, there was no difference in weight loss between those who took L-carnitine and those who didnt (24). View abstract. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. Effects of L-propionylcarnitine on ischemia-induced myocardial dysfunction in men with angina pectoris. 1990;34(6):501-505. View abstract. Saudi.J Kidney Dis Transpl. Cruciani, R. A., Dvorkin, E., Homel, P., Culliney, B., Malamud, S., Lapin, J., Portenoy, R. K., and Esteban-Cruciani, N. L-carnitine supplementation in patients with advanced cancer and carnitine deficiency: a double-blind, placebo-controlled study. View abstract. View abstract. 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