Description
Octanoylcarnitine is a medium-chain fatty acid (octanoic acid: eight-carbon saturated fatty acid) covalently linked to carnitine, frequently applied as a substrate for fatty acid oxidation (FAO) in mitochondrial preparations.
Abbreviation: Oct
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Substrate and metabolite
Application in HRR
- Oct: Octanoylcarnitine ((±)-Octanoylcarnitine chloride, C15H30NO4Cl); APExBIO Technology, Cat. No. B6371, 50 mg, store at -20°C; FW = 323.86.
- Alternative: (±)-Octanoylcarnitine chloride, BioTrend, Cat. No. BS0136, 50 mg, store desiccate at RT; FW = 323.86.
- TOCRIS Bioscience, Cat. No. 0605, 50 mg, store at RT, desiccate); FW = 323.85.
- General tips: For obtaining a higher solubility, warm the tube at 37 ℃ and shake it in the ultrasonic bath for a while.
- Alternative: (±)-Octanoylcarnitine chloride, BioTrend, Cat. No. BS0136, 50 mg, store desiccate at RT; FW = 323.86.
- Preparation of 100 mM stock solution (dissolved in H2O or DMSO, can differ from batch to batch - check Certificate of Analysis):
- Weigh 50 mg of octanoylcarnitine and dissolve in 1543 µL H2O or DMSO.
- Divide into 0.2 mL portions.
- Store at -20 °C.
- O2k manual titrations into 2 mL O2k-chamber