Lauroyl-L-carnitine (chloride) (Synonyms: CAR 12:0, C12:0 Carnitine, L-Carnitine lauroyl ester, L-Lauroylcarnitine)

Lauryl-l-carnitine is a naturally occurring compound belonging to the acylcarnitine family. It has been reported that it can be used as a biomarker in the diagnosis of carnitine deficiency.

Lauryl-l-carnitine can be used as a standard for the determination of analytes in maize plants by high performance liquid chromatography-triple quadrupole-liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Exogenous application of carnitine stimulates fatty acid transport to mitochondria The possible effects of carnitine on lipid transport between cytoplasmic mitochondrial matrix and mitochondrial respiration in maize leaves grown under normal and cold conditions were investigated^[1].

Lauryl-l-carnitine can be used as an analytical standard for quantification of analytes in human urine samples by liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (LC/ESI-MS/MS) ^[2].

References:
[1]: Turk H, Erdal S, Dumlupinar R. Exogenous carnitine application augments transport of fatty acids into mitochondria and stimulates mitochondrial respiration in maize seedlings grown under normal and cold conditions. Cryobiology. 2019 Dec;91:97-103. doi: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2019.10.003. Epub 2019 Oct 4. PMID: 31589831.
[2]: Abe K, Suzuki H, Maekawa M, Shimada M, Yamaguchi H, Mano N. Matrix effect-corrected liquid chromatography/tandem mass-spectrometric method for determining acylcarnitines in human urine. Clin Chim Acta. 2017 May;468:187-194. doi: 10.1016/j.cca.2017.03.001. Epub 2017 Mar 6. PMID: 28274611.