Endocrine Abstracts

Background: It has been thought that L-carnitine is effective in improving insulin-mediated glucose disposal either in healthy subjects or in type 2 diabetic patients,and carnitine plays an important role in diabetes mellitus omplications (cardiovascular disease).Objective: We designed this study to investigate the effects of oral L-carnitin administration on fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and glycosylated hemoglob (HbA1c), in patients with diabetes mellit...