Term Description

"Carnitine" is an alternative way to say total carnitines which = free carnitine + acylcarnitines, or stated another way, unesterified + esterified carnitine.

Both total L-carnitine and free carnitine levels in semen have been found to be positively correlated with number and motility of sperm, with decreased levels found in infertile patient groups (J Androl 2005;26:459-46). In addition there is evidence that dietary supplementation with L-carnitine can increase sperm quality.
Source: Regenstrief LOINC

Part Description

LP14482-1   Carnitine
Carnitine is used to mean total carnitines, because historically total carnitine was measured by heating up the sample and breaking off the esters which provided pure carnitine. (Carnitine is also a single molecule which is described as free carnitine - with the acronym, C0). Aclycarnitine is not a single moiety but rather describes all of the esterified carnitines.
So Total carnitine = free carnitine(C0) + acylcarnitine = esterified + unesterified carnitine. Source: Regenstrief Help

LOINC Names Get Info

Fully-Specified Name
Carnitine:Sub:XXX:Semen:Qn:
Long Common Name
Carnitine [Molar amount] in unspecified time Semen
Short Name
Carnitine ?Tm sub Smn Qn
Display Name
Carnitine Unsp time (Sem) [Molar amount]
Consumer Name Alpha Get Info
Carnitine, Semen

Part Model Get Info

  • Component
    Carnitine
    LP14482-1
    • Analyte
      Carnitine
      LP14482-1
      • Component Numerator
        Carnitine
        LP14482-1
        • Component Numerator Core
          Carnitine
          LP14482-1
        • Component Numerator Core Suffix
          NULL
           
      • Component Denominator
        NULL
         
        • Component Denominator Core
          NULL
           
        • Component Denominator Core Suffix
          NULL
           
    • Challenge
      NULL
       
    • Adjustment
      NULL
       
    • Count
      NULL
       
  • Property
    Sub
    LP6869-4
  • Time
    XXX
    LP6969-2
  • System
    Semen
    LP7589-7
    • System Core
      Semen
      LP7589-7
    • Super System
      NULL
       
  • Scale
    Qn
    LP7753-9
  • Method
    NULL
     

Basic Attributes

Class
CHEM
Type
Laboratory
First Released
Version 2.21
Last Updated
Version 2.70 (MIN)
Order vs. Observation
Both

Language Variants Get Info

TagLanguageTranslation
cs-CZCzech (Czechia)Karnitin:Lákové množství:Nespecifikováno:Ejakulát:Kvantitativní:
de-DEGerman (Germany)Carnitin:Stoffmenge:XXX:Sperma:Quantitativ:
el-GRGreek (Greece)Καρνιτίνη:Sub:XXX:Σπέρμα:Qn:
Synonyms: CHEM Qn Sub XXX Καρνιτίνη Σπέρμα
es-ESSpanish (Spain)Carnitina:Cantidad de sustancia:No especificado:Semen:Qn:
Synonyms: Cuantitativo
es-MXSpanish (Mexico)Carnitina:Cantidad de sustancia:No especificado:Semen:Cuantitativo:
et-EEEstonian (Estonia)Karnitiin:Sub:XXX:Sem:Qn:
Synonyms: Aine hulk Kvantitatiivne Sperma Täpsustamata
fr-CAFrench (Canada)Carnitine:Quantité de substance:XXX:Liquide séminal:Quantitatif:
fr-FRFrench (France)Carnitine:Substance:Temps non précisé:Sperme:Numérique:
fr-BEFrench (Belgium)Carnitine:Quantité de substance:XXX:Liquide séminal:Quantitatif:
it-ITItalian (Italy)Carnitina (C0):Sub:XXX:Liquido seminale,Sperma,seme:Qn:
Synonyms: Chimica Non specificato Quantità di Sostanza
nl-NLDutch (Netherlands)carnitine:stofgehalte:niet gespecificeerd:sperma:kwantitatief:
pl-PLPolish (Poland)Karnityna:liczba moli:XXX:nasienie:ilościowy:
Synonyms: nieokreślony
pt-BRPortuguese (Brazil)Carnitina (C0):Sub:XXX:Esperma:Qn:
Synonyms: Carnitine.total; Substance amount; ?Tm; Smn; Ejaculate; Seminal fluid; SMPLS; Sem; Quantitative; QNT; Quant; Quan; Chemistry
ru-RURussian (Russian Federation)Карнитин:Моль:XXX:Сперма:Колич:
Synonyms: Количественный Количество вещества Неустановленный
tr-TRTurkish (Turkey)Karnitin:Sub:XXX:Semen:Kant:
zh-CNChinese (China)肉碱:物质的量:XXX:精液:定量型:
Synonyms: 一次射出的精液;射精 不做说明的时间;不明时间;未作详细说明的时间;未作说明的时间 克分子;摩尔;物质总量(摩尔数) 化学;化学检验项目;化学检验项目类;化学类;化学试验;非刺激耐受型化学检验项目;非刺激耐受型化学检验项目类;非刺激耐受型化学试验;非刺激耐受型化学试验类 可用数量表示的;定量性;数值型;数量型;连续数值型标尺 肉碱(肉毒碱、三甲基羟基丁酰甜菜碱、卡尼丁);三甲基羟基丁酰甜菜碱;卡尼丁;总肉毒碱;总肉碱;肉毒碱;肉毒碱.总;肉毒碱.总计;肉碱.总;肉碱.总计

Example Units

UnitSource
umol/{ejaculate}Example UCUM Units

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