butyrylcarnitine

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  • Name: butyrylcarnitine
  • Description: O-butanoylcarnitine is a C4-acylcarnitine that is the O-butanoyl derivative of carnitine. It has a role as a human metabolite. It is a butyrate ester. It derives from a butyric acid. (CHEBI:7676)
Overview of age-variations
Age group comparisons
PMID Age/Age interval, Gender Value (unit of measurement) Method Sample
30113646 Age 44.6 ± 13, Gender ♀ (South Asian Surinamese) 0.27 (μmol/L) ESI-MS/MS plasma
30113646 Age 44.6 ± 13, Gender ♀ (South Asian Surinamese) 105.6 (% (percentage of metabolite concentration compared with baseline (100%) per 10 year increment in age; analyses were adjusted for BMI)) ESI-MS/MS plasma
Linear regression
PMID Age/Age interval, Gender Value (unit of measurement) Method Sample
log2 ratio/log2(FC)
PMID Age/Age interval, Gender Value (unit of measurement) Method Sample
Summary
  • Synonym:
    O-butyrylcarnitine; n-butyryl-DL-carnitine;O-butanoylcarnitine
  • Chemical Formula:
    C11H21NO4
  • Systematic name:
    3-butanoyloxy-4-(trimethylazaniumyl)butanoate
  • SMILES:
    CCCC(=O)OC(CC(=O)[O-])C[N+](C)(C)C
  • InChI:
    InChI=1S/C11H21NO4/c1-5-6-11(15)16-9(7-10(13)14)8-12(2,3)4/h9H,5-8H2,1-4H3
  • InChI Key:
    QWYFHHGCZUCMBN-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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Metabolite sources and localization
  • Metabolite location:
    Human organism, Body part, Human body biofluids, Biofluid tissues, Blood, Plasma, Tissue
  • Metabolite source:
    Homo sapiens, endogenous metabolite
Age-variations
Age group comparisons
Method: ESI-MS/MS
Sample: plasma
PubMed PMID: 30113646
Age group comparisons
Method: ESI-MS/MS
Sample: plasma
PubMed PMID: 30113646
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