2002;282(2):E474-482
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The metabolites used in this study are as follows: KG (Dimethyl-2-oxoglutarate, Sigma Aldrich, Cat#340631), Triethyl citrate (Sigma Aldrich, Cat#14849), Diethyl succinate (Sigma Aldrich, Cat#112402), L-carnitine hydrochloride (Millipore sigma, Cat#C0283), O-Acetyl-L-carnitine hydrochloride (Sigma Aldrich, Cat#A6706), Propionyl-L-carnitine (Cayman Chemical Company, Cat#9001873), Butyryl-L-carnitine (Cayman Chemical Company, Cat#26542), and N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine (Sigma Aldrich, Cat#A7250)
GHK-Cu forms a complex with copper, which gives the reconstituted solution a characteristic blue tint