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Table 2 Carnitine fraction levels (mean ± s.d.) (Standard values)

From: Blood carnitine profiling on tandem mass spectrometry in liver cirrhotic patients

C0 (Free carnitine) mmol/L

50.4 ± 20.8 (20~70)

C2-acylcarnitine mmol/L

24.1 ± 12.1 (5~45)

C3-acylcarnitine mmol/L

3.1 ± 1.7 (~ 3.5)

C4-acylcarnitine mmol/L

0.23 ± 0.11 (~ 1.4)

C5-acylcarnitine mmol/L

0.25 ± 0.67 (~ 0.7)

C6-acylcarnitine mmol/L

0.10 ± 0.04 (~ 0.15)

C8-acylcarnitine mmol/L

0.10 ± 0.05 (~ 0.3)

C8–1-acylcarnitine mmol/L

0.15 ± 0.09 (~ 0.3)

C10-acylcarnitine mmol/L

0.12 ± 0.07 (~ 0.25)

C12-acylcarnitine mmol/L

0.05 ± 0.03 (~ 0.3)

C12–1-acylcarnitine mmol/L

0.12 ± 0.05 (~ 0.3)

C14–1-acylcarnitine mmol/L

0.10 ± 0.04 (~ 0.3)

C16-acylcarnitine mmol/L

2.0 ± 0.9 (0.4~3.0)

C18-acylcarnitine mmol/L

0.76 ± 0.54 (~ 2.0)

C18–1-acylcarnitine mmol/L

2.8 ± 1.4 (~ 2.8)

C18–2-acylcarnitine mmol/L

0.57 ± 0.30 (~ 0.8)