FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026
Chemical: (R)-carnitine
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General Information
Name
(R)-carnitine
FlyBase ID
FBch0001967
ChEBI Name
(R)-carnitine
ChEBI ID
CHEBI:16347
PubChem Name
(-)-Carnitine
PubChem ID
CID:10917
Chemical Structure
Chemical structure of (R)-carnitine
(R)-carnitine
InChIKey

PHIQHXFUZVPYII-ZCFIWIBFSA-N

Definition (ChEBI)

ChEBI: (R)-carnitine is the (R)-enantiomer of carnitine. It has a role as an antilipemic drug, a water-soluble vitamin (role), a nutraceutical, a nootropic agent and a Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite. It is a conjugate base of a (R)-carnitinium. It is an enantiomer of a (S)-carnitine. The (R)-enantiomer of carnitine.

Roles Classification (ChEBI)
Comment
Synonyms and Secondary IDs (27)
Synonyms
(-)-Carnitine
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
(-)-L-Carnitine
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
(-)-carnitine
(PubChem, 2019-)
(-)-l-carnitine
(PubChem, 2019-)
(3R)-3-hydroxy-4-(trimethylammonio)butanoate
(ChEBI, 2019-)
(R)-Carnitine
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
(R)-carnitine
(Sênos Demarco et al., 2020)
(r)-carnitine
(PubChem, 2019-)
3-Carboxy-2-hydroxy-N,N,N-trimethyl-1-propanaminium hydroxide, inner salt
(ChEBI, 2019-)
541-15-1
(PubChem, 2019-)
Carnicor
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Carnitene
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Carnitine
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Carnitor
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
Karnitin
(PubChem, 2019-)
L-(-)-Carnitine
(PubChem, 2019-)
L-Carnitine
(ChEBI, 2019-)
L-carnitine
(Ramesh et al., 2024, Tiwari et al., 2020, PubChem, 2019-)
Levocarnitine
(Tiwari et al., 2020, ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
Vitamin BT
(ChEBI, 2019-)
carnitor
(PubChem, 2019-)
karnitin
(PubChem, 2019-)
l-(-)-carnitine
(PubChem, 2019-)
l-carnitine
(PubChem, 2019-)
levocarnitine
(PubChem, 2019-)
vitamin BT
(PubChem, 2019-)
vitamin bt
(PubChem, 2019-)
Secondary FlyBase IDs
    References (5)