INDIAN VETERINARY JOURNAL, cilt.82, sa.9, ss.941-942, 2005 (SCI-Expanded)
L-carnitine is naturally occurring hydrophilic amino acid, plays an essential role in the transfer of long chain fatty acid into the mitochondria for beta-oxidation, stabilizing and stimulating effect on the immune defence system (Uhlenbruck and Van Mil, 1992).