Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
Volume 2015 (2015), Article ID 646171, 13 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/646171
Research Article
Potential Therapeutic Role of L-Carnitine in Skeletal Muscle Oxidative Stress and Atrophy Conditions
1Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
2Metabolism Research Center, San Donato Hospital and Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
3Diabetes Research Institute, Metabolism, Nutrigenomics and Cellular Differentiation Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 60 Olgettina street, 20132 Milan, Italy
Received 26 November 2014; Accepted 23 January 2015
Academic Editor: Ryuichi Morishita
Copyright © 2015 Anna Montesano et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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